Although for dedicated basketball players free-throw shooting may be a painful struggle, a far greater struggle that affects thousands of families across the nation is cancer. In an effort to help put an end to both problems, East’s physical education department has organized the “Foul Shooting for a Cure” tournament. “The physical education and health department wanted to do something to get everybody involved in an event as well as produce an event that was charitable towards an organization that everyone could get behind,” said Mr. Melograna.