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Young cancer survivor meets with Destiny, gets a dunk from Tee

Posted at 10:47 am February 27, 2017
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

AJ Cucksey, a six-year-old cancer survivor and kindergarten student at Farragut Primary, sits on the Oak Ridge Wildcats sideline next to senior Tee Higgins (5), who dunked for AJ during a 68-38 win over West during a Region 2-AAA quarterfinal game at Wildcats Arena on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017.

AJ Cucksey, a six-year-old cancer survivor and kindergarten student at Farragut Primary, sits on the Oak Ridge Wildcats bench next to senior Tee Higgins (5), who dunked for AJ during a 68-38 win over West during a Region 2-AAA quarterfinal game at Wildcat Arena on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017.

 

He’s already performed “Rocky Top” for Peyton Manning and become friends with Joshua Dobbs and his family.

Now six-year-old cancer survivor AJ Cucksey, who has seven inoperable brain tumors, has met two of Oak Ridge’s best athletes: junior Destiny Kassner and senior Tee Higgins, both basketball players.

AJ was at the Friday night game, when Destiny helped the Lady Wildcats beat Bearden in a regional tournament quarterfinal. He was back again on Saturday, when Tee helped the Wildcats in a win over West, also in a quarterfinal game.

AJ, a kindergarten student at Farragut Primary School in Farragut, met Destiny and Tee on Friday, and he sat on the bench next to Tee on Saturday. Tee, who spent time talking to AJ, dunked for him.

AJ, a football fan, was asked what he thought about meeting Tee, a top football recruit who has been named a Mr. Football finalist in Tennessee for the second year in a row.

“Cool,” AJ said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Health, High School, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Aaron Green, AJ Cucksey, Brett Kendrick, Dabo Swinney, Destiny Kassner, Dylan Wiesman, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Farragut Primary, Jack Jones, John Cucksey, Joshua Dobbs, Karen Trent, Lady Wildcats, Lauren Trent, low-grade glioma, Peyton Manning, pilocytic astrocytoma, Shannon Cucksey, Susan Spiller, Tee Higgins, Tennessee Volunteer, Wildcats

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