Harlem Wizards to Visit HPHS

Submitted by Highland Park High School

Highland Park High School is ready to take on the Harlem Wizards on Feb. 27 with a dynamic team of students and staff from HPHS, as well as staff from District 113’s sender schools! This fast-paced, exciting game benefits HPHS’s Charity Drive fundraiser, which this year is raising money for Bear Necessities (a Pediatric Cancer Foundation). Last year’s Charity Drive brought in $160,000 for the Les Turner ALS Foundation.

“At the Wizards game, fans see amazing basketball talent combined with hilarious comedy. The athleticism, tricks, fancy teamwork and ball-handling wizardry, plus wild dunks not even seen in NBA games, engages and wows the most avid hoops fans. The comedy is for everybody. The Wizards look to push the envelope on fun, combining pre-planned comedic acts with spontaneous humor that fans of all ages will find laugh-out-loud funny,” according to the team’s website, www.HarlemWizards.com.

The event kicks off at 7 p.m. in the Main Gym at HPHS, 433 Vine Ave. Doors open at 6:30.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Only 1,000 tickets are available, so get yours now!

Advance tickets can be purchased at the HPHS Bookstore for cash only. Tickets can also be purchased via the Harlem Wizards website, www.harlemwizards.com, for $10 plus a $0.99 per ticket fee.

Please join us for what promises to be a fun-filled evening of basketball and comedy in support of Charity Drive and Bear Necessities! Full concessions will be offered at the game, including pizza. Harlem Wizards merchandise will be available for sale, and the Wizards will stick around after the game for free pictures and autographs. For more information, e-mail dburke@dist113.org.