By Brian Scala
On October 14, 2010, the first ever Kick Out for Cancer event was held at Fall Mountain High School in Charleston, New Hampshire. Four soccer teams participated in order to help raise funds for cancer awareness. Funds were gathered by collecting admission from families who chose to attend the game. The proceeds from the concession sales were also donated.
Fall Mountain’s JV and varsity boys soccer team played against the visiting Hopkinton Hawks. Each team was given different colored t-shirts for jerseys, with each different color representing something with significance to cancer awareness. Hopkinton’s varsity squad was dressed in lavender, which represents all those who have survived cancer, and the JV team was wearing light blue, which symbolizes prostate cancer. The Fall Mountain varsity team was wearing teal, which represented ovarian cancer, and the JV team was dressed in darker blue, which represented thyroid cancer.
During the varsity game, the hawks played quick possession soccer and made numerous baseline runs. This style of play overwhelmed the Fall Mountain team and they quickly resorted to just kicking the ball out of bounds. This resulted in three goal scoring corner kicks for Hopkinton. The fourth and final goal for Hopkinton was unassisted and was scored by Steven Auger.
The final score came out to be 4-2 with Hopkinton on top. Overall, the game and the fundraiser was a complete success, and there has been talk about making one game a year a fundraiser for worthy causes.
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