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Princesses battling firefighters in game
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The Lathrop Manteca Firefighters better get their basketball skills honed by next weekend. Because they’re going to be taking on a team of – princesses?As part of a joint fundraiser between Lathrop’s Relay for Life Committee and the Olivia Sowers College Fund, the Tony Sowers Memorial Basketball Game has been set for Sunday, Jan. 17, at 3 p.m. inside of the Scott Brooks Gymnasium at the Lathrop Community Center. And the community’s bravest will be playing a group of local college-aged athletes will take the court dressed as the most popular Disney Princess characters in a nod to Olivia Sowers – the young girl who lost her father Tony, a Lathrop Manteca Firefighter, several years ago after a very aggressive form of cancer claimed his life at a young age.