Daviess County High School Basketball Team Spreads Holiday Cheer At Children’s Hospital

The Daviess County High School basketball team is deep in the paint in the preseason. However, they did step away from the court last Friday to spread some holiday cheer in Kentucky's biggest city. The team made a huge toy delivery to Norton's Children's Hospital in Louisville.

DAVIESS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL'S RED/WHITE DAY

Stacey Howard, whose son Gavin plays for the Panthers, says the team has a Red/White Day each year. According to Coach Neil Hayden, Red/White Day is hosted by the DCHS boys basketball team, but includes elementary teams (K through the 5th grade), the girls and boys middle school teams and DC's high school teams. That day features a big toy drive and this year's was incredibly successful.

Once all the toys are collected, the team gets together for a trip to Louisville, where they donate the toys to Norton's Hearts and Hands Team. Coach Hayden and the team made that delivery Friday. Here's a great pic of the team inside Norton's.

Stacey adds, "There were tons of toys!"

Coach Hayden says that Norton's gifts the toys to children admitted to the hospital or to a sibling of a child staying at the hospital. There's no doubt that the Daviess County High School delivery is going to put smiles on faces.

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As for the Panthers, they are indeed in preseason. Their first official game is a home opener Tuesday, December 3rd. That's when the Panthers take on the Henderson County Colonels.

She may be a bit partial, but Stacey's been watching the team. She has a prediction for the upcoming season. She says, "They are going to be good!" One thing is for sure. The Panthers have already mastered the art of the good deed.