The Gettysburg College baseball team will host a 3-on-3 basketball tournament as part of its Take ALS Yard fundraising campaign in support of Project ALS starting at 11 a.m. this Sunday in Hauser Field House.
The basketball tournament will feature men’s and women’s divisions. Cost to participate is $30 per team with the winners in each bracket receiving a trophy and a gift card for the Blue and Gray Bar & Grill in downtown Gettysburg.
Interested teams can sign up for the event at https://commerce.cashnet.com/GBCBaseball?itemcode=ATHBB-3ON3 or visit the registration table set up in the College Union Building this week.
The Bullets have supported Project ALS for the last seven years with its Take ALS Yard campaign, which has raised more than $70,000. The fundraising effort supports research and initiatives to combat the deadly disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease after the former Yankees great whose Hall of Fame baseball career was cut short due to the disease.
ALS and its effects have been keenly felt by the Gettysburg baseball family. Take ALS Yard began as a philanthropic effort by the baseball program in connection with Tommy Kirchhoff, who was diagnosed with ALS and was the son of Bill ’63 and Jean Kirchhoff ’64, for whom the Bullets’ home field is named. Not long after the creation of the fundraising campaign, Robert Borman P’05, father of former Gettysburg baseball player Rob Borman ’05, was diagnosed with ALS. Kirchhoff and Borman passed away within five months of each other in 2014-15.
This weekend’s basketball tournament is just the start of the Take ALS Yard campaign. The Bullets will sell t-shirts and hats throughout the year culminating in Take ALS Yard Day during a home game in late April. The team has its sights set on reaching $100,000 for ALS research.
This story was originally posted on the Gettysburg College Website.