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Wayne Panthers Give Jersey To Teammate Battling Cancer
Danny McCabe is unable to play in his final season with the Wayne Boys & Girls Club's team.
WAYNE, N.J. — You're never alone when you're a Panther.
Danny McCabe was presented with a Panthers football jersey recently by members of the team. McCabe is a longtime Panther at the Wayne Boys & Girls club who is unable to play this, his final, season because he is battling Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
McCabe, 13, is in eighth grade and has been playing Panther football since he was 5.
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"He's a great kid," said Dave Font, director of the Wayne Boys & Girls Club.
McCabe is done receiving chemotherapy treatments.
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"The battle is going extremely well," Font said. "We're happy that he's doing well and hopefully he'll be back out there playing football soon."
Pictured, from left: Gibson Nichols, Christian Reyes, Jack Miscia, Jeff Robinson, Jakob Macdonald, Jack Freed, Danny McCabe (center, with hat), Chris Muir, Braedon Phillips, Anthony Chicketano, and Matthew Wilderson. — Courtesy of Wayne Boys & Girls Club
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