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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/3/1583438282696.jpeg" alt="Sgt. Mitch Berens is a 25-year veteran with Hays Police Department. Submitted photo" />
 <figcaption>Sgt. Mitch Berens is a 25-year veteran with Hays Police Department. Submitted photo</figcaption>
 </figure>At 5 p.m. Sunday, April 5,&nbsp; at the Hays High School gym, there will be a Battle of the Badges charity basketball game for Mitch Berans — policemen vs firefighters.<a href="https://hayspost.com/posts/5df2c548c2f9fe096b7d54dd">Berens — a 25-year veteran of the Hays Police Department — was diagnosed with cancer late last year.</a>Admission is free and donations will be accepted. A 50/50 raffle will be offered. There will also be a raffle for items including a Traeger grill, a garage door installation and a Yeti cooler and tumbler at halftime.&nbsp;Raffle tickets will be $10 and can be purchased in advance.Food vendors will be onsite with 10 percent of the proceeds going to Berens.Orders are also being taken for T-shirts, which will cost $15.The event is sponsored by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/YVTChays/">Your Voice Through Cancer</a>, a nonprofit cancer support group. For more information, call 785-639-3690.

Police vs. firefighter basketball game will benefit officer battling cancer