WILLIAMSPORT -- For a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan like Lewisburg's Phil Stamm, Thursday was a dream come true.

Williamsport High School's Magic Dome became a magical place for Stamm, a coach for the Green Dragons' girls team, and his nine fellow coaches who competed in a charity basketball game against members of the Steelers to benefit a pair of needy children.

"I'm a huge Steelers fan. Yeah, I love the Steelers," Stamm said. "It was fun just to get out there and run the floor with a few of them."

In front a few hundred rabid Steelers fans, Stamm and his teammates came out on top, 111-103.

"(The game) was a lot of fun. It's nice that the Steelers could come in here to help out with the fundraiser," Stamm said. "It's a long haul for them (from Pittsburgh), and they just got done with mini camp. I'm sure they'd rather rest, but I thought they came in here and put on a pretty good show.

"We had some pretty good guys on our team, too, that I was impressed with," Stamm added.

DeShea Townsend, Najeh Davenport and Willie Reid represented the Steelers and they combined for 82 points, with Reid leading the way for the Black team with 43.

Montoursville girls' coach Craig Weaver led the way for the Blue team with 38. His final two points, a layup with under a minute remaining to play, helped clinch the win for the Blue team.

Stamm, by his own account, didn't do too badly. He came off the bench to score four points, and he had one of his shots blocked by Townsend in just over 12 minutes of action.

"Not bad, because I coach girls and I haven't touched a men's basketball for a long time," Stamm said. "I thought I didn't embarrass myself too much and that's what I was shooting for. It wasn't too bad though."

The game, however, was all in good fun. And for a good cause, too.

The charity game, the brainchild of Elkland graduate and Duquesne alumnus Brooke Egleston, is in its second year. Egleston is a personal friend of Townsend, and she's become friends with several Steelers' players from her days at Duquesne, where the team also has its training camp.

Proceeds from the game will go to sisters Nomar and Maria Ramirez, who recently lost their parents. The pair are from Jacksonville, but they have since been deported back to Venezuela. The money will go to cover their education costs and funeral expenses.

The remaining players for the Black team were former California University of Pennsylvania graduate Keris Timol, plus fellow Elkland graduate and George Washington alum Marlo Egleston, Brooke's older sister. The two scored 12 and seven points, respectively.

Rounding out the Blue team's high scorers were North Penn's Nate McNamara with 18 points and 13 from Warrior Run's Jon Weaver, Craig Weaver's brother.