Shawano’s 6th-grade girls win benefit tournament

The Shawano Hawks sixth-grade girls basketball team brought home the championship Feb. 21 at the Families Helping Families Tournament. Proceeds from the tourney, which included two teams from Gillett, one from Shawano and one from St. Paul Lutheran, Bonduel, went to benefit Josie Anvelink, of Bonduel, who is battling juvenile dermatomyositis, an autoimmune disease affecting approximately three in every million children per year. At the conclusion of the tournament and in a show of solidarity, all four teams opted to take a group photo with Josie rather than having one team pose in the winner’s circle.