Gaming for Good

Noah Weber, Larry Nance Jr Athletes vs. Crohn’s event.Two Scarsdale High School high school students are "gaming for good.” They've launched an NBA 2k20 game tournament—with the help of NBA player Larry Nance Jr. of the Cleveland Cavaliers—to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts at White Plains Hospital. To date, the tournament has raised nearly $68,000 and counting.

Scarsdale High School juniors Noah Weber and Max Roth started the tournament in April. Noah had a very important connection to help drive the fundraising effort. In 2017, he and NBA player Larry Nance started a non-profit, Athletes vs. Crohn’s and Colitis, to raise awareness for the inflammatory bowel disease. Both Larry and Noah were diagnosed with Crohn's and wanted to inspire and mentor young athletes with the disease.

Now the two are working together to support another health crisis, this time it’s COVID-19 relief.

“My friends and I have been playing a lot of NBA 2k20 while quarantined,” says Noah Weber. "The NBA is doing a 2k tournament of their own, and we were inspired to do a similar one to help White Plains Hospital,” said Weber. Roth and Weber are both members of the White Plains Hospital’s junior board and both have parents who are physicians at the Hospital.

The tournament is open to both Xbox and PS4 users in the format of 5v5 team matchups. The Left to right Noah Weber, Max Rothtournament is round-robin, followed by single-elimination. The winner on each platform gets to take on Larry Nance Jr. and his squad in a game of NBA 2k20. The entry fee is $50 per team. For info on the tournament, click here.

Left to right: Max Roth, Noah Weber, Larry Nance Sr (retired Cleveland Cavalier, NBA Allstar, Larry’s father) Larry Nance Jr (Cleveland Cavalier) at Athletes vs Crohn’s 2019 event.