L.B. Wings Helps Basketball Team Reach Championship During Hardship

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L.B. Wings employees at the Cambridge, Ohio, locations for an EWRF event wearing “Colon Cancer Awareness T-Shirts” benefiting the John Glenn High School Colon Cancer Awareness Night.

John Glenn High School (JGHS), located in New Concord, Ohio, is situated directly in between two of L.B. Wings, LLC’s Ohio-area restaurants. Appropriately, an organic partnership between the two organizations crystallized over the past few months as L.B. Wings saw a team in need that, in turn, rose to the occasion to become Ohio’s state championship winner. The school’s basketball team, The Muskies, was crowned Division II state champs Saturday, March 19, beating Lebron James’ high school alma mater, Akron’s St. Vincent-St. Mary. They finished the season with a 28-1 record.

L.B. Wings worked closely with the team all season by hosting and helping with several Eat Wings Raise Funds events for Athletic Director Dan Adams, who was fighting colon cancer. Sadly, Adams eventually succumbed to the disease and passed away a few weeks before the state championship tournament. Despite the tragedy, Buffalo Wild Wings® was diligent in their efforts to remain close with the team to help in any way it needed during this difficult time.

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Blazin’ Bill made an appearance to the JGHS Pep rally before the team’s Final Four appearance.

B-Dubs® also participated in a pep rally for the team the Tuesday before their Final Four championship round, where even Buffalo Bill made a special guest appearance to provide some moves on the court to the delight of the audience. L.B. Wings sponsored free T-shirts sporting the BWW logo for the team, which were given out to the first 500 fans who got into the regional game. According to L.B. Wings staff, the shirts are still seen “everywhere” in the community to this day. However, Buffalo Wild Wings did not stop there with its active sponsorship of the team and fed the coaches the Tuesday before the Final Four championship games. Through their robust efforts over the season, L.B. Wings donated more than $2,200 to the team from the two fundraising events.

“It was a great accomplishment for the team and amazing for the community. We were so happy to be able to be a part of it all,” said franchisee Bob Sparks.