MHS-Sterling scrimmage to benefit benevolence fund
Published 4:00 pm Monday, July 31, 2017
Memorial’s home football scrimmages against Baytown Sterling on Aug. 18 will benefit the Texas High School Coaches Education Foundation’s Benevolence Fund.
The day has become known as “Our Day to Shine.” The fund was established by the association’s board of directors to assist athletes and coaches with special needs or hardships. More than 900 schools have participated in “Our Day to Shine” and have raised more than $383,000. Of this amount, more than $382,000 have been paied to athletes and coaches and special needs.
Admission to the scrimmage will be $1 each. Scrimmage times are 9 a.m. for freshmen, 10 a.m. for junior varsity and 11 a.m. for varsity.
— I.C. Murrell
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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