HELENA — When Cam Niles rang the bell at a Northern California hospital in March, it meant the Carroll College junior basketball player was cancer free.
Fast forward four months and Niles was back on campus, handing out t-shirts at the annual Hoops For a Cause fundraiser.
Sunday marked year nine of the Frontier Conference’s Hoops For a Cause benefit tournament. Proceeds from this year’s event will go toward helping Niles with his medical bills.
“It’s just a blessing,” said Niles, who overcame Stage 4 lymphoma. “The main thing I took from this is gratefulness. Your life can be here and there in an instant.And I’m just super glad that I was able to bear through. God gave me this ability. God gave me this journey, this testimony. He trusted me with it, and I’m super blessed and thankful fo