IC Catholic Prep Junior High Dodgeball Champions to Donate Winnings to the Annie LeGere Foundation - To the Moon and Back

On Saturday, November 7th, IC Catholic Prep hosted its Annual Dodgeball Tournament for area 7th and 8th grade students. Sixteen teams participated in this year’s charity event, representing schools in Elmhurst and surrounding communities.

This double elimination tournament culminated in an hard fought championship match featuring the Snakes, with students from Visitation Catholic School, Churchville Middle School and Westchester Middle School, pitted against the Slayers team from Immaculate Conception Grade School in Elmhurst – with the Snakes ultimately taking home the top prize. Members of the 2015 ICCP Dodgeball Championship team include Tommy Ryan (Visitation), Daniel Klysh (Visitation), Will Sebastian (Visitation), Gabi Zanoni (Visitation), Paddy Rauen (Visitation), Sydney Fuglsang (Churchville), Adriana DeCicco (Churchville), and Anton Ramos (Westchester Middle School). The Snakes have chosen to donate the night’s cash prize, totaling $515, to the Annie LeGere Foundation – To the Moon and Back.

In an effort to promote creativity and team unity for the tournament, students designed their own shirts and came up with unique team names. A prize for “Best Team T-Shirt”, voted on by the ICCP student volunteers, is also awarded at the tournament. This year’s prize went to the Electric Charge of Immaculate Conception Grade School in Elmhurst. Concessions were available throughout the evening, and family and friends stayed to cheer on their favorite dodgeball team as the students enjoyed the friendly competition.

The Annie LeGere Foundation mission is to promote allergy awareness and research, educate parents and children on symptoms and proper responses to allergic reactions, work within the community to make it mandatory for “first responders” and schools to carry epinephrine auto-injectors (Epi-pen), and to support the training of “first responders” and school staff on the use of epinephrine auto-injectors. Annie LeGere passed away on August 26th, 2015, as a result of anaphylactic shock due to an unknown allergic reaction. To learn more about Annie’s story or the Annie LeGere Foundation – To the Moon and Back, please visit the website at www.AmazingAnnie.org.

IC Catholic Prep is the oldest Catholic, co-educational college prep high school in DuPage County. Located in Elmhurst, ICCP is a regional high school that serves students from over forty communities in the western suburbs. For more information, please visit our website at www.iccatholicprep.org.