Darnell Green-Beckham diagnosed with leukemia

Darnell Green-Beckham pops a 3 from the corner against Parkview.

Darnell Green-Beckham, a Hillcrest High School freshman football and basketball standout, is at St. Jude’s Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. after being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic lymphoma, according to KSPR.com’s Mike Scott. Here is a link to their story.

Green-Beckham was in surgery Wednesday afternoon, and his family was told there is a 95 percent survival rate after this type of diagnosis. He is expected to stay at St. Jude’s for six to seven weeks before returning to Springfield to undergo chemotherapy. It is likely that his high school sports career is over.

From the KSPR story:

Acute Lymphosblastic Leukemia is generally found in children, most common in ages 2-5.  Malignent, immature white blood cells continuously multiply and are overproduced in the bone marrow.  The overall cure rate in children is about 80%, and about 45%-60% of adults have long-term disease-free survival.

Green-Beckham is a standout basketball and football player at Hillcrest.  He is the younger brother of all-state wide reciever Dorial Green-Beckham.  His adopted father John Beckham has been head coach of the football Hornets for 3 seasons.

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John Beckham