Vianney Boys to Play in Coaches vs. Cancer Shootout ‎

Thanks to a new NCAA rule that prohibits non-scholatstic groups from hosting high school athletic events on the campus of Division I schools, organizers of the Coaches vs. Cancer Shootout still don't know if the 2012 event will be held at Chaifetz Arena. But Thursday morning, they announced pairings for the daylong basketball feast January 26, and it includes plenty of appeal for local high school basketball fans.

The boys squad at will compete in the event, facing off against Cardinal Ritter.

The pairings were announced during a Thursday morning breakfast at Scottrade Center which featured coaches from many of the participating teams as well as former Missouri basketball coach Norm Stewart, former Illinois Ilini coach Lou Henson and their modern day counterparts Bruce Weber and Frank Haith, who will guide their teams on the Scottrade floor Thursday night in the annual Braggin' Rights game.

Stewart, the former Missouri Head Coach who founded the Coaches vs. Cancer movement following his own battle with the disease said he hoped next year the effort could surpass $100 million raised. Frank Haith spoke of his own sister, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer.

Vianney Head Coach Kevin Walsh has participated in Paint It Pink fundraisers the last three years.

"We're a Catholic all-boys school and seeing 500 of our students running around our school wearing Pink t-shirts is a unique deal," he said, calling those games the best of the season.

The event has asked for an NCAA waiver to allow the event to stay on the campus of St. Louis University. Organizers hope to have an answer before the end of the year.

The pairings are as follows:

9:30 a.m. MICDS vs. Westminster Christian Academy (Girls)

11:00 a.m. MICDS vs. Parkway South (Boys)

12:30 p.m. Belleville East (IL) vs. Belleville West (IL) (Boys)

2:15 p.m. Alton Marquette (IL) vs. Glenbard East (IL) (Boys)

3:45 p.m. Webster Groves vs. McCluer (Boys)

5:30 p.m. St. Joseph's Academy vs. Bolingbrook (IL) (Girls)

7:00 p.m. Vianney vs. Cardinal Ritter (Boys)

8:30 p.m. Soldan vs. Riverside Academy (LA)