The Biddeford girls basketball team decided to wear lime green warm-up shirts with the No. 24 on them to honor BHS senior Codie Ramos, who began treatment for Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma on Friday in Boston.
“I think it’s awesome. I think it’s great that they decided to do something like this,” said Theresa Tarbox, who is good friends with Codie’s mom, Shannon Strickland.
Biddeford freshman Taylor Wildes was thrilled to see her team show support for Ramos, who is her cousin.
“It made me really happy because I know that this is going to mean a lot to him when he sees everything that everyone is doing for him,” said Wildes, who gave credit to Biddeford head coach Liz Bell for getting the t-shirts made for Friday’s game. “I think everyone just really wanted to do something that would show our support for him.”
Ramos, who is a three-sport standout at Biddeford, found out about the gesture right before the start of Friday’s varsity girls game against Cape Elizabeth, according to Tarbox.
“They just FaceTimed with him. I got to see him and he’s kind of woozy from everything, but he gave a thumbs up. It was pretty cool,” said Tarbox, who was on hand along with several of Ramos’ family members, including his stepdad and maternal grandparents.
Codie’s family, which will have to make several trips to Boston for treatment, is trying to raise money through a GoFundMe page and the sale of shirts, key chains and raffle tickets. All money raised will go to cover both the costs of medical care and travel expenses during this trying time.
According to Tarbox, people can purchase the raffle tickets, which include top prizes like tickets to both Celtics and Red Sox games, at Brady Screenprint or at the concession stands at Biddeford High School. People can also go to www.gofundme.com and type in Codie Ramos to donate.
Ramos has already been accepted to and plans on attending the University of Maine to major in engineering, according to his aunt and Biddeford junior varsity coach Sarah Wildes.
— Sports Editor Pat McDonald can be reached at [email protected] or at 282-1535 ext. 322. Follow the Journal Tribune Sports Department on Twitter @ JournalTsports.
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