May 8, 2024
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Kenny “KD” Dobbs will compete at Celebrity Basketball Game and Dunk Contest

The second annual Clifton R. Lewis Good Life Foundation Celebrity Basketball Game and Dunk Contest will take place on Saturday, April 28 at the Greater Nanticoke Area High School, 425 Kosciuszko St.

A 1999 grad of Greater Nanticoke Area, Lewis suffers from limb girdle muscular dystrophy and the event is his foundation’s primary fundraising effort of the year.

The slam dunk contest and dunk showcase will include Kenny “KD” Dobbs (Choctaw Tribe) from Arizona.

Dobbs recently won the Sprite amateur slam dunk contest during the NBA All-Star weekend and then presented the trophy to the NBA slam dunk contest winner, Jeremy Evans, the next day.

Pittsburgh Steeler Steve McLendon and former Steeler Darnell Stapleton will also be at the event, along with former Breaking Benjamin drummer Chad Szeliga and Karl Kivler of Strength for a Reason.

Dobbs, who is also a motivational speaker, will give a speech after the celebrity game.

Prior to the event, there will be a four-hour basketball clinic for children, ages 8 to 15, led by Dobbs and GAR/LaSalle alum Larry Koretz.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.. For more information call 954-260-3154.

 

(story from http://psdispatch.com/stories/Nanticoke-High-School-hosts-slam-dunk-contest,138939)