For 17-year-old Rocky Elardo, a game-winning shot capped off a years-long battle with cancer.
“Despite all the treatment and all the doctor's appointments and no matter how bad she's felt on any given day, she has been at every practice in the last four years that she can physically be at, in every game with a positive outlook, not just on the game but on life,” McKinney said, calling the senior a “rock” the entire team leans on.
Rocky poses for a photo alongside her senior teammates from the Heritage High School girls varsity basketball team: Carissa Baugus, Abby Walsh, Ayanna McNair, Emma Davidson.Ewing sarcoma is a type of tumor that affects the bones or the body’s soft tissues, according to theThese tumors can be cancerous and are often diagnosed after a biopsy. Although extremely rare, Ewing sarcoma most often affects adolescents and young adults in their 20s.
Throughout her high school years, Rocky said she’s had to receive numerous treatments, which have limited her participation on the basketball team, even though she’s been a member for the last four years. “I did chemo my freshman and sophomore year, and then radiation my junior year and then I've just gotten surgeries my freshman and senior year to remove cancer,” Rocky said.
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