This year’s Carol Vick Memorial Game Guest of Honor was Kurt Tribbett (second from right) and his family, wife Lisa (far right) and their daughters Claire (far left) and Ellie.
By Bruce Rolfe
The 9th Carol Vick Memorial game on February 6 between Climax-Scotts and Colon was a huge success.
This year’s Memorial Game Guest of Honor was Kurt Tribbett and his family.
Kurt was diagnosed with lung cancer in April 2021. After further tests, he was informed that his cancer was stage IV non-small cell cancer. Tribbett then underwent years of treatment to fight the cancer. In September 2025, he was informed that he was in remission and recent scans reveal he still is in remission.
Money raised at this annual event goes towards the purchase of student-athlete and coaches uniforms, the guest of honor and their families to help pay for medical expenses, and the Yerby-Vick Perseverance Scholarship awarded to a C-S and Colon senior.
Event organizer Josh Vick said organizers of the event are expanding the scholarship program this year to include students from Atlanta High School (where Vick attended and graduated).
The 9th Carol Vick Memorial game on February 6 between Climax-Scotts and Colon was a huge success.
This year’s Memorial Game Guest of Honor was Kurt Tribbett and his family.
Kurt was diagnosed with lung cancer in April 2021. After further tests, he was informed that his cancer was stage IV non-small cell cancer. Tribbett then underwent years of treatment to fight the cancer. In September 2025, he was informed that he was in remission and recent scans reveal he still is in remission.
Money raised at this annual event goes towards the purchase of student-athlete and coaches uniforms, the guest of honor and their families to help pay for medical expenses, and the Yerby-Vick Perseverance Scholarship awarded to a C-S and Colon senior.
Event organizer Josh Vick said organizers of the event are expanding the scholarship program this year to include students from Atlanta High School (where Vick attended and graduated).
Last year’s Vick-Yerby scholarship winners were Nicole Wygant and George Murphy from Climax-Scotts High School, and Taryn Carter from Colon High School.
Vick said money raised before the game totaled $6,250 from sponsors and approximately $500 more in cash donations was raised at the game. He adds many families donated who wished to remain anonymous.
Vick said $750 will be awarded to each scholarship winner this year from the three schools.
Last year organizers gave $3,000 to the Barton family (last year’s Carol Vick Memorial Game Guest of Honor Paul Barton, who passed away recently).
Vick said organizers would like to give the Tribbett family at least $3,000.
The Carol Vick Memorial game is named after former C-S girls varsity basketball coach and current C-S High School Language Arts teacher Josh Vick’s mother, who was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in 1995 when Josh was 15 years old. She died six years later after she was told she would live six months.
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