Brentwood deck hockey tournament honors 2 friends, raises funds for families battling cancer WPXI [Video]

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, so we wanted to highlight a local non-profit that’s made it their mission to honor two friends, all while helping their community for more than a decade. And this spring, you can help.

Channel 11 was there 11 years ago, as the inaugural “Drop the Puck on Cancer Hockey Tournament” kicked off in Brentwood.

“Brentwood is a tight-knit community…We’re all kind of a big family,” said Taryn Frey, Duttine-Cavataio board member. “So it was just something that we felt we needed to do.”

That mission was to honor two beloved Brentwood High School alumni — Tom Cavataio and Julie Andrulonis-Duttine. Tom passed away from colon cancer and Julie passed away after an 11-year battle with a rare cancer. So, their friends decided to start a deck hockey tournament to raise money for other families battling cancer.

“The community turned around and said, ‘This was …