Friday, September 6th 2024 will mark the 14th year that Slinger High School and Hartford Union High School have combined forces by Tackling Cancer Together highlighted by their “Coaches vs Cancer” football game. The event was initiated in 2011 by Kevin Wilkinson, a Slinger football coach who was fighting his own personal battle with cancer at the time. Kevin passed away 2 months after the game, but it was his wish that it carries on, so the “Coaches vs Cancer” game has become an annual event, with a traveling trophy created in his memory. In 2023, the traveling trophy was renamed the “Wilkinson/Redders/Jacklin” traveling trophy after Slinger Head Bill Jacklin lost his wife to cancer the previous year.
This year, with Hartford as the host, the battle on the field will surely again be a fierce one, and only one team will be named victorious. The real victory however, is seen in the generosity of all that support this as 100% profit goes to the American Cancer Society. Last year, with the collaborative efforts of these two opponents, Slinger and Hartford, beginning with a new t-shirt design every year (above is the featured designs for 2024), soliciting for t-shirt sponsorships, t-shirt sales, and raffle/auction items for game night, we have managed to raise $166,685.87 to aid the fight again cancer. This year, with your support, we hope to raise even more. | 
