If you’re going to the Pope football game on Friday night, this is a very special event for the Greyhounds community beyond the game. It’s also been designated the Matt Hobby Game, in honor of a former football player who died of childhood cancer.
As has been the case with previous Matt Hobby Games, special T-shirts are being sold this week to raise money for the Rally Foundation, which conducts research into childhood cancer.
Online orders are no longer being accepted, but shirts will be sold at the Hound Pound. They cost $20 for children and adults, and a special Matt Hobby trucker hat also is being sold for $20.
You can also make an online donation in any amount, and it’s tax deductible.
Each year, the Pope football team designates a player to wear Hobby’s jersey No. 70 in his honor, and this year that’s long snapper Cody Olszewski, a senior who’s also featured in the video below along with previous Matt Hobby Award recipients.
Kickoff between Pope and Alpharetta is 7:30 p.m.
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