Omaha wrestling tournament holds meet to raise money for childhood brain cancer research

PAPILLION, Neb. (WOWT) – Hundreds of metro club wrestlers hit the mat at Papillion La-Vista High School for a yearly charity tournament.

In 2020, then 12-year-old Kieran Akerson suffered a neck injury while wrestling.

An MRI at the hospital revealed Kieran had a low-grade tumor on his brain. With Christmas days away, however, his mother, Marie, wanted to wait to tell him…

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