Soccer Game Raises More Than $1,000 for Betsy Young Scholarship

The Betsy Young Memorial Soccer Game on Sunday, Sept. 18, helped raise $1,089 toward a creating a scholarship in Young's name.

Young was a long-time music teacher at Ocean City Intermediate School who died Aug. 29 after battling brain cancer. The scholarship will help musicians from Ocean City High School fund college studies.

The event was organized by 2011 Ocean City High School graduate Amanda Thomas, a former student of Young's (and a regular Ocean City Patch contributor).

The friendly game featured Ocean City's Premier Development League amateur soccer team playing against a lineup of Ocean City teachers, firefighters, policemen and other former players. Geoffrey Haines, who started work as Ocean City Intermediate School's new principal only three days earlier, took the field as goalkeeper.

The game ended with a 5-1 victory for the Nor'easters. Ocean City Police Department's Matt Schaffer scored the lone goal for the losing team.

Thomas thanked the following organizations for donating money, time or services:

• Ocean City Firefighters FMBA Local 27
• Ocean City Fire Department
• Ocean City Police Department
• Gillian's Wonderland Pier
• The Ocean City Nor'Easters
• The City of Ocean City
• The Ocean City School District
• Ocean City Patch
• Fro-Me-A-Party