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March 2014
LOCAL INFORMATION & ADVERTISING
Memorial football game, scholarship benefit
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By Laurel Robertson
or the past 10 years, family and friends of Brittany Tuck (1984-2003) have honored her life and memory by hosting the Brittany Tuck Memorial Benefit and Barbecue to raise funds for scholarships for high school seniors. Together, they have raised over $170,000 to help local high school athletes attend college. This year’s 10th anniversary benefit on Sunday, March 9, will include a new, though bittersweet, addition—a donation to the Scholarship Fund from the First Annual Keith Tuck Memorial Alumni Football Game, in memory of Brittany’s dad, Coach Keith Tuck, who died in November 2013. The Alumni Football Game has been played for the past three years between graduates of Lake Travis and Dripping Springs High Schools. Guys
ranging in age from 19 to 52 play a fullpad, full-contact tackle football game in a high school stadium with cheerleaders and High Steppers, a band and halftime entertainment (with EMS services at hand). This year, organizers of the annual game decided to rename it and dedicate a portion of the proceeds in memory of Coach Tuck, who was a beloved athletic coach at both Dripping Springs and Lake Travis High Schools. Poignantly, those proceeds will go to the scholarship fund for local high school athletes that Coach Tuck himself created 10 years ago in honor of his 19-year-old daughter Brittany, an outstanding athlete, who was killed in a tragic car accident. Coach Tuck’s son, Jeff, will play on See TUCKS, page 2
The late Coach Keith Tuck LEFT and his daughter Brittany Tuck will be memorialized in two events this month—the 1st Annual Keith Tuck Memorial Alumni Football Game at Tiger Stadium March 1 and the 10th Annual Brittany Tuck Memorial Benefit and Barbecue March 9 at Dripping Springs Ranch Park. Photos courtesy Sandra Tuck.
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