Knocking Cancer Out of the Park
When the Marquette Catholic softball team was playing Peoria Notre Dame at the Hits for the Cure fundraising event on April 26 at the Louisville Slugger Complex in Peoria, the players got to meet Karly, a 10-year-old girl from Pekin who [...]
PETE HAYES: Learning lessons from Karly
When it comes to on-field lessons, Marquette Catholic High softball coach Dan Wiedman is somewhat of a professor. Evidently, the Explorers players know a thing or two about what’s important off the field as well. Karly Rathbun, a 10-year old [...]
Winding up for Hits for the Cure
PEORIA — Hits for the Cure provides Emma Crowley with a glimpse into her future. The Notre Dame junior aspires one day to be a pediatric oncologist, helping research and treat children with cancer. Crowley gets a first-hand interaction with [...]
Hits for the Cure softball event runs Friday and Saturday
Hits for the Cure softball event runs Friday and Saturday The third year of the Hits for the Cure softball event returns to the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex on Friday and Saturday. Eleven teams from around the state, including Journal [...]
Interview with 2017 Bat Winner, Quinn Pallardy
Quinn Pallardy is a current Junior at Peoria Notre Dame High School and the program's top fundraiser for Hits for the Cure last season. Her enormous heart along with her incredible work ethic shined through throughout the entire softball season. [...]
OSF Children’s Hospital Visit
We absolutely loved going to visit the amazing children at OSF Children's Hospital! Check out our photo gallery & flickr to see more awesome photos and memories from that special day!
Frankie Boley Shares Her Journey as the PND 2016 Representative
For every team that participates, Hits for the Cure advises the team to have a dedicated “representative”. The representative is assigned to be in charge of the tasks involved in carrying out the fundraiser. Frankie Boley was Peoria Notre Dame’s [...]
First Charity Game: Peoria Notre Dame vs. Metamora
Metamora met Notre Dame on April 16, 2016 to compete in a doubleheader. The game took place at Louisville Slugger Sports Complex and the Irish won 2-1 and 14-2. Even though the teams are known rivals, they joined together to [...]
2015 Bat Winners
Congratulations to Jordan Marshall and Payton Leverton for raising the most money for the 2015 season.
Campaign raises $21,000 for OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois
By: Adam Duvall - Journal Star sports reporter PEORIA — Notre Dame hit a home run in the first year of the Hits for the Cure campaign. Members of the Irish softball team presented a check for $21,323.14 to the St. Jude Midwest [...]