Archive for Saturday, March 22, 2008

Archive for Saturday, March 22, 2008

Fundraiser a major hit

Senior Matthew Abel walks off the distance of his longest hit Saturday. The Cardinals held their first

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Senior Matthew Abel walks off the distance of his longest hit Saturday. The Cardinals held their first "Hit-a-thon" fundraiser in which players tried to get pledges — an amount per foot — based on how far a single hit went.

By Caleb Regan

March 22, 2008

The Eudora Cardinals baseball team held its first-ever "Hit-a-thon" fundraiser at noon Saturday.

The idea came to coach Shaun Edmonson after his summer team, the Lawrence Raiders, successfully held the same event in previous years.

Eudora players sent out sheets to relatives and other acquaintances starting March 10. The sheets explained donators could either contribute with a flat donation or they could donate a certain amount per each foot that the player's farthest drive went.

Edmonson said the program had received between $4,000 and $5,000 in flat donations, and wouldn't know the total amount raised until all pledge sheets were in.

Read more in Thursday's edition of The Eudora News.

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