North Adams Transcript: "MCLA's Kordana Organizes Make-A-Wish Classic"
MCLA's Brendan Kordana just wants to play basketball. Thats why the Hoosac Valley alum put together last weekends Make-A-Wish Tip-Off Classic scheduled at the MCLA campus
NORTH ADAMS -- MCLA's
Brendan Kordana just wants to play basketball.
That’s why the Hoosac Valley alum put together last weekends
Make-A-Wish Tip-Off Classic scheduled at the MCLA campus.
Fans were encouraged to show up and watch the games, which spanned
two days. There were seven games on day one and seven for Sunday,
including the championship game. Sunday’s action begun at
10:30 a.m. Games were played back-to-back. The championship tilt
was at 6 p.m.
And this tournament was littered with locals, beginning with
Kordana, Robbie Burke, Chad Misiuk and Pranam Lipinski, all former
Hurricanes. Former Pittsfield High standout Sedale Jones is in the
mix, as is Drury’s Anthony Sims. MCLA point guard Benny
Cuprill and forward Adam Cottrell (McCann Tech Alum) also
participated.
The championship pitted Kordana and fellow MCLA athlete Adam Tarsa
and his team versus Jones, Lance and Trevelle Spratling of
Pittsfield and Glen Davis a former Lee high school player among
others.
Admission was free, so where was the money generated? Each team
paid a $250 fee, which is all donated to M-A-W. Profits from the
concession stand, as well as money donated at the stand also went
to the foundation. Kordana reported they raised over $500 in
the two day event and he was very satisfied with the result.
"We don’t have much like that around here," he said. "We
wanted to have a tournament and we wanted to do it for a good
cause. Me and my girlfriend looked around at charities and decided
on Make-A-Wish. It was a random decision, but that’s where
the money is going."
The Make-A-Wish foundation helps ill patients receive a little fun,
according to Kordana.
"They are in bad health," he said. "We should be helping them
out."
