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The Mario J. Guzman Memorial Baseball Tournament raises money for scholarships in Quincy. Since 2014, 18 Quincy High School students have benefited from the tournament.

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Heartache to hope
October 9, 2025 3 a.m.

Heartache to hope

Baseball tournament supports students in memory of a life cut short

QUINCY — Some Quincy students are getting a boost with their educations because of a young man who never got to finish his own. “My son got leukemia when he was 18 years old, a senior in high school,” said Linda Guzman, president of the Mario J. Guzman Foundation. “For five years he went back and forth. He relapsed a couple of times, (had) a bone marrow transplant, but it didn't take and he lost his life Sept. 6, 2012.”