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Title: HS students organize pink football game for cancer
Post by: BlueStateSaint on October 15, 2009, 05:20:53 AM

Another really cool story from Yahoo! Sports.

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HS students organize pink football game for cancer

Josh Peter
Yahoo! Sports

As she watched the Arizona State women's basketball team play in pink uniforms during a breast cancer awareness event, Lindsay Griffith turned away from the TV and toward her father, the athletic director at the local high school.

"Dad, have you ever thought about doing a pink football game?" she said.

Mike Griffith, the AD at Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe, Ariz., did not hesitate.
"Absolutely not," he told his daughter. "No way am I putting 50 kids in pink uniforms."

Lindsay, however, wouldn't let go of the idea. She urged her father to talk to the school's principal. Nine months later, here's what everybody learned:

The rest of the story is at:

http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1001714

Title: Re: HS students organize pink football game for cancer
Post by: Flame on October 15, 2009, 07:21:27 AM

Cool story. 

Title: Re: HS students organize pink football game for cancer
Post by: IassaFTots on October 15, 2009, 08:19:00 AM

Awesome.  Just Awesome!