7th Carol Vick Memorial

Missy Lane will be recognized at
annual basketball game February 9


By Bruce Rolfe

A tradition that started seven years ago and has raised thousands of dollars and brought a huge amount of support for Climax-Scotts and Colon community members battling cancer over the years will continue February 9 in the 7th annual Carol Vick Memorial Basketball game at C-S Jr./Sr. High School.

This year’s game is for Missy Lane. The boys JV game starts at 4:30 p.m. followed by the varsity girls and boys games. A ceremony will take place recognizing Missy at halftime of the boys game against Colon.

The Carol Vick Memorial game is named after former C-S girls varsity basketball coach and current C-S High School teacher Josh Vick’s mother, who was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in 1995 when Josh was 15 years old and died six years later after she was told she would live six months.

While Colon did not host a game this year, C-S and Colon have teamed up to host a Carol Vick Memorial game in Colon and one at C-S, raising money to benefit families within the Colon and Climax-Scotts communities who have been impacted by cancer.

Also taking place February 9 during the ceremony, the 2023 Yerby Vick Perseverance Scholarship winners will be recognized. They are Addison Godbee from Climax Scotts and Simon Vinson from Colon.

Event organizer Josh Vick said Missy wants to use her experiences to help educate other women so that they can be protected from breast cancer.

Vick said there is a record number of sponsors for this year’s game. The money raised for the game goes towards assisting the guest of honor, Missy Lane, towards medical bills and also is used to fund the Yerby Vick Perseverance Scholarship winners.

Jack Pearl’s will be selling shirts the evening of the game.

Blue Sponsors ($250 donations)


Bartholomew Heating and Cooling, Professional Muffler and Brake, John Vick and Suzanne Duval, Kristin Wykoski State Farm

Gold Sponsors ($500 or more)


Lyster Exteriors ($1000), Kings Equipment/Carleton Equipment ($1000), J&J Sheet Metal, The Groundskeeper, Sturgis Bank and Trust, Wayne and Deena Patterson, Edward Jones Financial Advisor Taylor Gibson and family

(Below is Missy Lane’s story about her journey with cancer.)


Submitted by Missy Lane


Spring of 2019 I was preparing for my son’s last few months as a senior in high school when I was diagnosed with hormone positive breast cancer at the age of 44. Due to detecting so early, my treatment was to have a lumpectomy, radiation and then to take a hormone blocker for the next 5 years. I had minimal family history of breast cancer (a great aunt and an aunt – both on my mother’s side). They also both had hormone positive breast cancer, which is the most common type of breast cancer. After healing and adjusting to the hormone blocker, things did slowly get back to “normal.” I continued with my follow up appointments of alternating MRI’s and mammograms until July of 2023. 

In July I went in for a routine MRI which showed a spot that they thought was nothing but wanted to biopsy just in case. The doctor called me herself to say the biopsy had come back as triple negative breast cancer – a much more aggressive type than what I had in 2019. I was in disbelief. After several more tests and a second opinion at University of Michigan – it was determined that due to this cancer being detected so early, I would again only need a lumpectomy and radiation.  Radiation finished in November and each day I heal a little more.  I will finish up my hormone blocker in August and my treatment for breast cancer will be complete. 

I don’t know where I would be without the support of my family and dear friends. This little community is filled with prayer warriors and I am eternally grateful to each and every one of you. 

I didn’t know the right questions to ask at the time but I hope I can educate anyone that will listen that if YOU have dense breast tissue and this is reported on your mammogram that it is so important for you to have a conversation with your doctor to request additional testing.  Why you might ask?  EVERY ONE of my mammograms to this day has been NORMAL. The dense tissue hides the cancer on a mammogram and early detection can make a HUGE difference in your treatment and prognosis.

Life is hard and we all struggle.  Education is power and it makes things less scary.  My new motto after this past July is “we can do hard things.”  If I can make one person’s journey easier by educating them I will be grateful.

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