'One Tree Hill' cast reunites for charity basketball game

The Tree Hill Ravens took to the hard courts this weekend. Yes, you read that correctly. 2000s youth drama cast One Tree Hill We met again for a charity basketball game. According to E! News, the game was meant to raise money for his V Cancer Research Foundation. The match took place inside a gym in Wilmington, North Carolina, where many of the show's most iconic scenes were filmed. Fans were able to watch the game on TNT's “House of Highlights” live stream. james lafferty (Nathan Scott), brian greenberg (Jake Jagielski) Stephen Colletti (Chase Adams) and other One Tree Hill alumni. chad michael murray [Lucas Scott]made a virtual appearance and said he would have loved to have been there if he could, but he was filming a movie.

The game also pays homage to the season 1 episode “All That You Can't Leave Behind,” giving us our first serious taste of just how deep the rivalry between Dan Scott and Keith Scott runs. This episode featured a father vs. son basketball game. paul johansson's Dan Scott played against Nathan; craig schaferKeith Scott, Nathan, and Lucas's uncle intervened and took on Lucas. But this time, instead of father and son, the group was split into two teams, with Johansson and Schaefer facing off on opposite sides.

“It's surreal and amazing, especially being back in this gym where we actually filmed the show and being with all the guys that originally played on the Ravens basketball team.”

In an interview obtained by E!News, Rafferty continued, “Some of them I haven't seen in a long time, some of them I've seen, but I can't believe we'll all be together again.'' No,” he said. It's a gift. ” Team Dan won Saturday's game 78-72. The game raised a total of over $112,000 for cancer research.

One Tree Hill’s philanthropic legacy

Coming together for charity is something the cast does often. Inspired by the season three storyline, which included a benefit concert called “Friends With Benefits,” the nonprofit, also based in Wilmington, North Carolina, is called “Friends With Benefit Charity Events.”It was started by a woman named Ray Agostinothe cast has partnered with charities multiple times, giving fans the chance to reunite and meet the stars while donating proceeds to cancer research.

FWB Events staff attended Saturday's charity match and asked fans who they were most excited to see.

In addition to the basketball game, the charity recently hosted a benefit concert featuring: michael grubs, kate vogel, Jana Kramer and tyler hiltonAll appeared in the 2000s drama, lending their voices to the fictional settings of nightclub TRIC and recording studio Red Bedroom Records. The charity's biggest event to date was to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary, and was attended by the following cast members: sophia bush (Brooke Davis), Hilary Burton Morgan (Peyton Sawyer), danielle ackles (Rachel Gatina), bevin prince (Bevin Mursky), and austin nichols (Juan Baker).

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One Tree Hill

Half-brothers Lucas and Nathan Scott oscillate between kinship and rivalry on the basketball court and in the hearts of their friends in the small but not-so-quiet town of Tree Hill, North Carolina.

release date

September 23, 2003

Main genre

Drama

season

9

studio

C.W.

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