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Birmingham Hockey to Host Charity Tournament for Common Ground

The hockey team, made up of high school players from Seaholm and Groves, will donate all proceeds from the Jan. 26 tournament to Common Ground.

The kings from Birmingham Unified hockey are looking to give back this month, with both the varsity and junior varsity teams hosting a charity tournament to benefit Common Ground at the end of the month.

On Jan. 26, the Birmingham Unified hockey teams — made up of high school players from Seaholm and Groves high schools — will host the tournament at the Birmingham Ice Sports Arena, located at the far end of East Lincoln Road.

All proceeds from the games will be donated to Common Ground, a nonprofit agency dedicated to helping youths, adults and families in crisis. The nonprofit regularly serve more than 50,000 at-risk residents from Oakland and Genessee counties every year.

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The junior varsity game will begin at 7 p.m. against Clarkston, immediately followed by the varsity game against Oxford.

To get into the game, attendees will need to be wearing a special t-shirt, with proceeds from shirt sales also going to Common Ground. Hockey players will be taking pre-orders through Friday, though shirts will be sold at the game as well. Shirts are $10 each.

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If anyone has any questions, contact Nancy Agnew at nagnew1@msn.com or Neil Beattie at nellbt@comcast.net.

To see the Birmingham Unified hockey team this weekend, the junior varsity squad will playing Cranbrook at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Eisenhower at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at home.


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