Mar 2, 2024
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Noah Brackbill (left) and Jana Snyder play in final 12 months’s donkey basketball recreation.
COCOLAMUS — It doesn’t matter if you happen to’re the star of the crew or the final participant off the bench, if you happen to get a cussed donkey, you aren’t going anyplace on the hardwoods.
That’s the enjoyable of donkey basketball.
“It’s completely entertaining. You don’t need to know something about basketball or something about donkeys,” stated Travis Quici, athletic director for the Juniata County Faculty District and former East Juniata Excessive Faculty varsity women basketball head coach.
“You simply get on a donkey and throw a ball,” he added.
East Juniata Excessive Faculty hosts its annual Donkey Basketball Recreation on Monday in the highschool gymnasium. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. Doorways open at 6 p.m.
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JP Towsey tries to get his donkey to maneuver throughout final 12 months’s recreation.
Seniors, juniors and sophomores of each the Tigers women and boys basketball groups will take to the court docket. They’ll sq. off towards college and employees from East Juniata Excessive Faculty and East Juniata Elementary Faculty. Though the donkeys normally appear to steal the present, organizers stated.
“We’ve had a very good turnout the final couple of years,” Quici defined. “That is the ultimate 12 months that we’re being permitted to have donkey basketball – it’s the ultimate installment.
“They do pretty properly,” he added of fundraising proceeds. “Regardless that I’m accomplished, I’m going to be there to assist them. (Cash raised) it helps the children; it helps the dad and mom, and it helps the booster membership with primary bills.”
Quici will stick near the sidelines, so he’s not the butt of any donkey jokes.
Tickets price $8 prematurely at $10 on the door. Along with $1 donkey rides, there will probably be a concession stand and raffles on website. Proceeds profit the East Juniata women basketball program.
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Marissa Decrease (left) and Cypress Feltman battle whereas using their donkeys final 12 months.
Woman Tigers Basketball Booster President Tammy Brackbill stated the sport is supposed to be enjoyable, however it additionally serves as an essential fundraiser for this system.
“The proceeds go to sending the women to camps and summer season league, it pays for uniforms and warm-ups and for our banquet, which supplies us a very good ending to the season,” Brackbill added.
For extra details about tickets, name (717) 363-7261 or (717) 994-6847.
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