Illinois Bantam Hockey Teams Pay Special Tribute to Team Manager after Serious Car Accident
Aurora, IL (PRWEB) January 23, 2012 A youth hockey game that would, under normal circumstances, have shaped up to be a heated showdown between rival teams turned into an emotional moment on the Wednesday, January 18, 2011. Upon learning that the CSDHL Sabre Bantam team manager, Tamara Watkins had been critically injured in a motor vehicle accident on Sunday January 15th, both the Naperville Sabre Bantam team and the Huskies Bantam team adorned their sticks with stick bands emblazoned with the manager?s favorite colors (blue and gold) which featured the victims? initials (TW) in tribute to the devoted manager. In a fitting game result, the two rivals ended the contest in a 2-2 draw.
According to the Naperville TribLocal, while Watkins was driving her oldest son to his hockey game on the morning of Sunday, January 15, she was critically injured when her vehicle was struck by another car driven by a 25 year old woman. The woman ran a red light at U.S. 30 and 127th Street in Plainfi...