PRAYFORPAXTON TheValley Patriots dedicated their basketball season to a Patriot second-grader battling an inoperable brain tumor. | COURTESY PHOTO
“Pray for Pax!” or “Play for Pax!” was the battle cry for the Patriots as they dedicated their 2024-25 basketball season to Paxton “Pax” Barclay, a second-grader at Valley battling cancer.
Pax was diagnosed in April 2024 with DIPG, a type of fast-growing brain tumor. Although doctors found the tumor inoperable, Paxton has been a warrior beside his family as they fight the cancer together. Currently…