Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill hosted his second annual charity basketball game at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Kansas City on Friday night. All the proceeds from the event benefitted the Hill Foundation’s Cheetah Scholarship Fund.
Several of Hill’s teammates, including fellow wide receivers Gehrig Dieter and Marcus Kemp, linebacker Anthony Hitchens, defensive tackle Chris Jones, safety Tyrann Mathieu and defensive tackle Khalen Saunders, participated in the event.
Friends of-the-site Matt Derrick of Chiefs Digest, Harold Kuntz of FOX4, Aaron Ladd of 41 Action News and Sam McDowell of The Kansas City Star were on the scene to provide the sights and sounds:
Tyrann Mathieu, Chris Jones, Anthony Hitchens, Marcus Kemp, Gehrig Dieter, Khalen Saunders among those to support Tyreek Hill at his charity basketball game tonight in KC. pic.twitter.com/CanSVhntqG
— Sam McDowell (@SamMcDowell11) June 26, 2021
Warming up
Out at Tyreek Hill’s charity basketball game for the Boys and Girls Clubs. Lot of his Chiefs teammates out here to support him. pic.twitter.com/Debv2IdLHk
— Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) June 26, 2021
The team entrances
And here’s the White Squad, featuring Marcus Kemp, @StoneColdJones and of course, the @cheetah #Chiefs pic.twitter.com/l3hrK0yxd6
— Harold R. Kuntz (@HaroldRKuntz3) June 26, 2021
Time for some Friday Night #Chiefs Hoops. Tyreek Hill’s Charity Basketball Game. Red squad featuring Anthony Hitchens, @Mathieu_Era and @khalenNOTkaylen pic.twitter.com/lsDHGNcdmb
— Harold R. Kuntz (@HaroldRKuntz3) June 26, 2021
The Chris Jones dunk fest
Chris Jones was giving the rims a workout tonight @HelpKCKids pic.twitter.com/wWMgzRNhUU
— Harold R. Kuntz (@HaroldRKuntz3) June 26, 2021
Hill showing off with a Saunders-Style backflip (two angles)
Tyreek Hill .. a 3 and a back flip. @cheetah showing off the athleticism. #Chiefs pic.twitter.com/rkEYFHb1Fr
— Harold R. Kuntz (@HaroldRKuntz3) June 26, 2021
WATCH: #Chiefs Tyreek Hill hits a three then backflips at his 2nd annual celebrity game tonight in Kansas City. pic.twitter.com/ptWAlDfHwH
— Aaron Ladd (@aaronladd0) June 26, 2021
The final
Team Gehrig Dieter pulled off a stunning come-from-behind victory over Team Tyreek Hill in tonight’s charity basketball game, 69-67. MVP Chris Jones and point guard Tyrann Mathieu led the way in the second half. pic.twitter.com/utSGgNkJPc
— Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) June 26, 2021
And the second-best news of the evening (only behind the money being raised) is that it appears nobody got hurt ahead of Kansas City’s training camp.
Hill’s foundation’s mission is “to provide positive growth for single-parent households and at-risk youth in the Kansas City community.”