NORTHBOROUGH – Winning isn’t all the pieces to Brigid Gaffny and the North Andover senior proved it on the sector.
Competing within the fourth annual A Shot For Life Pitchers Challenge, Gaffny positioned first in two of the three video games to find out the winner and set the tempo early on.
Gaffney was first within the nine-hole problem and her first-place end within the ultimate bowling pin accuracy problem earned her the highest rating of 4 factors to simply take dwelling the bronze glove trophy for 2023.
Scoring for the Pitching Challenge is like golf with the bottom rating from every sport mixed for the profitable rating, as Liana Danubio (Norton) positioned second with 10 factors and Jaleila Aupont (Bishop Fenwick) rounded out the highest three slots (13).
Sharlotte Stazinski (Walpole), final 12 months’s Pitchers Challenge winner, was superb once more in fourth place with 17 factors whereas Sara Shaff (Nobles & Greenough) and Sarah Brody (Newton Country Day) tied for fifth with 18 apiece.
“I came in with the mindset that it’s not about winning but it’s just about the morals of the foundation and really just coming here and having fun,” mentioned Gaffny, a three-time Merrimack Valley Conference first staff All-Star. “It’s just about raising money for cancer so I’m very grateful I got to be a part of this amazing foundation. Winning is just a bonus.”
The huge information earlier than the occasion for A Shot For Life was saying the partnership with the Boston Red Sox Foundation because the Red Sox group sponsored the uniforms worn all weekend for the highschool stars.
This previous weekend’s occasions included a baseball pitching problem together with dwelling run derbies in each baseball and softball and is simply one other side of Mike Slonina’s and the ASFL charity’s efforts to boost cash for the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center.
“Baseball and softball are zero sum games – either the pitcher is going to be happy or the hitters are going to be happy. They, both can’t leave happy,” mentioned Slonina. “These players fundraise for months leading up to this, so that’s why we created the pitchers challenge as a way to compete, it’s safe on their arms, and if they don’t have a great day – it’s not a bad experience. Everyone can have personal highlights throughout the day.”
Overall, with the baseball occasions included, A Shot For Life tallied slightly below $90,000 in donations for most cancers analysis.
All of it hits dwelling for the Gaffny household as Brigid’s grandmother is a breast most cancers survivor and lately, they misplaced a member of the family to ovarian most cancers.
“It really means everything to me, everyone has a smile on their face supporting each other, and all of the organizers really do genuinely care about us and the cause,” mentioned Gaffny. “So, it’s very nice to be part of one thing that’s so superb. It actually does imply quite a bit to me and my household to have the ability to be part of this.
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