Thanks to all coaches, teams, schools and dedicated community members who have participated in the 19th annual IBCA initiative against cancer during the 2025-26 season.
Your contributions to support the fight against cancer are much appreciated. As our spring 2026 e-Newsletter goes “live,” with some schools not yet reporting, participating schools have reported raising $68,948.13 – some schools through the American Cancer Society’s formal “Coaches vs. Cancer” program and other schools raising funds and donating to other cancer-related charities or other local families in need.
This year’s efforts by Indiana coaches bring the 19-year total of money raised to fight cancer to more than $1.67 million through the 2025-26 season.
Those coaches who got their teams involved in the fight against cancer are teaching their players something more important than offense or defense. Coaches are teaching their players a skill that will carry on throughout their lives and into the communities where they will work and serve. Please continue to be a positive influence on the youth of our great state, and help them become productive citizens of tomorrow.
If your school hosted a benefit game in 2025-26 and you have yet to report/turn in your funds, please do so with the American Cancer Society by contacting Michael Smith. He may be reached at michael.smith@cancer.org. His mailing address is: 5635 W. 96th St., Suite 100, P.O. Box 681405, Indianapolis, IN 46278. Please use the code 6QRLB8 in the “memo field” to make sure it is credited properly as an Indiana “Coaches vs. Cancer” game.
In addition, please alert Pat McKee of the IBCA (patmckee77@aol.com) the amount you donated and who the beneficiary is, if not the American Cancer Society.
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| The Sheridan boys basketball team and the Sheridan girls basketball team raised $5,000 to benefit the LG30 Foundation during their combined cancer-benefit doubleheader in January. |
The following is a list of schools that have informed the IBCA about their participation in an event that raised funds for cancer charities:
IBCA INTIATIVE AGAINST CANCER EVENTS (2025-26)
| School | B or G | Amount | Beneficiary |
| Batesville | B | $220.00 | The Jimmy V Foundation |
| Bloomfield | B | $804.00 | South Central Indiana Cancer Support Community |
| Brownsburg | B/G | $0.00 | Cancer Awareness Night (no funds raised) |
| Center Grove | G | $0.00 | Cancer Awareness Night (no funds raised) |
| Columbus East | G | $5,000.00 | IWIN Foundation |
| Eastern Greene | B | $300.00 | American Cancer Society |
| Eastern (Pekin) | B | $400.00 | American Cancer Society |
| Franklin County | B | $16,000.00 | American Cancer Society ($2,000); Franklin County Cancer Society ($14,000) |
| Gibson Southern | B | $1,600.00 | Chemo Buddies |
| Gibson Southern | G | $3,400.00 | two local families battling cancer |
| Hauser | G | $1,500.00 | local family battling cancer |
| Henryville | B | $600.00 | local family battling cancer |
| Heritage Hills | B | $300.00 | local family battling cancer |
| Jac-Cen-Del | G | $639.00 | American Cancer Society |
| Jasper | B | $1,005.00 | Dubois County Leukemia Association |
| Lake Central | G | $332.50 | Northwest Indiana Cancer for Kids (NICK) |
| Lanesville | G | $1,000.00 | local family battling cancer |
| Leo | G | $322.45 | Parkview Health Transformative Cancer Care Fund |
| Maconaquah | G | $750.00 | local family battling cancer |
| Martinsville | B | $523.00 | local student battling cancer |
| Monroe Central | G | $0.00 | Cancer Awareness Night (no funds raised) |
| Mooresville | G | $300.00 | Susan G. Komen Foundation |
| ^ North Daviess | B | $2,760.00 | two local families battling cancer |
| North Newton | G | $405.00 | American Cancer Society |
| Northeast Dubois | B | $886.50 | The Jimmy V Foundation |
| Plainfield | B | $767.00 | local family battling cancer |
| Rossville | B/G | $1,816.83 | local family fighting cancer / Braylie Kellogg Foundation |
| Shelbyville | G | $420.00 | Riley Children’s Hospital Foundation |
| Sheridan | B/G | $5,000.00 | LG30 Foundation |
| South Decatur | B | $1,647.69 | American Cancer Society |
| South Knox | G | $447.00 | American Cancer Society |
| Southridge | B | $1,045.66 | Lange Fuhs Research Center |
| Terre Haute North | B | $1,000.00 | PINK of Terre Haute |
| Tri-County | G | $2,200.00 | local family battling cancer |
| Union County | B/G | $1,000.00 | Union County Cancer Association |
| + Triton Central | G | $14,006.50 | IWIN Foundation |
| Westfield | B/G | $0.00 | Cancer Awareness Night (no funds raised) |
| Zionsville | G | $540.00 | Susan G. Komen Foundation |
| + with Oldenburg Academy; ^ with Bloomfield |
