Registration is $25 per person for teams of five to 12 players; sponsorships cost $100; optional T-shirts will be $15 each with can koozies for $5; and there will be 50\/50 raffle tickets. The tournament winner will get a $100 cash prize and trophy.\n<\/p>\n
With residents constantly fighting to oppose data centers, it\u2019s an opportunity to let their guard down, relax and breathe a bit, Browning said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re stressed all the time,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is a 24-hour job to fight these guys, and we have very little resources other than our will.\u201d<\/p>\n
Browning founded the Lackawanna Citizens\u2019 Overwatch Project over her concerns of a cancer cluster at the former WEA Manufacturing plan<\/a>t \u2014 which later became Cinram \u2014 in Olyphant. She started her investigation when her father, Charlie Browning, succumbed to lung cancer when he was 62 years old in November 2023 after having worked at the plant for 25 years from 1985 to 2010.\n<\/p>\n WEA was once Lackawanna County\u2019s largest employer, originally producing records before moving to high-definition and Blu-ray discs. The plant at 1400 E. Lackawanna Ave. shut down in 2018 and was demolished two years later.\n<\/p>\n Her investigation into WEA prompted her involvement with data center opposition over concerns of soil contamination, she said.<\/p>\n Her father had been involved in a local suicide prevention program that hosted kickball tournament fundraisers, which inspired her to do the same,<\/p>\n \u201cI thought it was a fun way to raise money and bring people together,\u201d Browning said.<\/p>\n The proceeds will be split between the data center opposition groups and Friends of Lackawanna, though Browning noted the Olyphant movement<\/a> especially needs the help to raise money for its future legal fees.<\/p>\n![\"Founder](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786058289_219_STT-L-COUNTY-0806-01.jpg\")
Founder of the Lackawanna Citizens\u2019 Overwatch Project Aline Browning holds up a sign that reads \u2018\u201dNo Data Centers\u201d during the Lackawanna County Commissioners\u2019 Meeting held at the county government center in Scranton Wednesday, August 5, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)<\/p>\n