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The members of the Guilford boys’ and girls’ soccer teams are looking to benefit Smilow Cancer Hospital when the Grizzlies host a doubleheader in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Monday, Oct. 2. Pictured are (back row) Wyatt Sprenkle, Evan Krom, Vincent Malatesta, Ian Campaigne, Pierce Pappert, Cameron Forester, and Mahmoud Hussein; (fourth row) Emilia Votto, Keira Reynolds, Addison Israel, Abigail Burkle, Kaylee Geballe, Jordan Fitzgerald, Claire Tuttle, Téa Davison, Riley Hickey, Sergio García-Perez, Anthony Malatesta, Daniel Perez-Betancur, Magnus Fencil, Evan Greene, and Grantham Schlagheck; (third row) Maya Kos-Graham, Elizabeth Johnson, Gianna Natale, Ella Heckler, Madeleine Gasparini, Arianna Palumbo, Ella Heudorfer, Gia Turcio, Wyatt Losee, Quinn Iaccarino, Mathew Carmona, Carter Gagnon, Andrew Fappiano, and Logan Wertheim; (second row) Molly Pluck, Harper Gill, Grace DellaVentura, Indy Pelliccio, Jazhira Douglas, Carissa Fulton, Allie Ramos, Harrison Scott, Nathan Iozzia, Andrew Voytek, Abdul Sabea, Luca Palumbo, Jeremy Hernandez, and Pierson Schlagheck; (front row) Sena Uhimwen, Madison Ojeda, Sophia Fappiano, Ava Mehring (tri-captain), Ella Young (tri-captain), Téa Gambardella (tri-captain), Owen Medvecky (tri-captain), Andres Gutierrez (tri-captain), Jason Li (tri-captain), Jameson Benben, Ian Krom, and Grant Waehner. Photo courtesy of Hannah Hickey

Guilford girls’ and boys’ soccer players don’t usually have an ulterior motive for packing the stands. On Monday, Oct. 2, when the Grizzlies girls’ and boys’ varsity teams take on Daniel Hand in a 5 p.m./7 p.m. doubleheader (girls first) at Kavanaugh Stadium at Guilford High School (GHS), Smilow Cancer Hospital will be the clear benefactor, if not the sole victor. That’s because the GHS Midfielders Soccer Booster Club has once again transformed the Guilford-Madison rivalry into an all-out Smilow fundraiser in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Every dollar slid into a donation bucket, every raffle ticket, and every brownie, pizza slice, and warming cup of cocoa sold becomes ammunition for the deeply personal battles against cancer waged 24/7 at Smilow. It’s all about coming together to crush last year’s donation.

Meanwhile, to further rev up community spirit, GHS Midfielders and the Soccer Club of Guilford (SCOG) have taken the opportunity to invite the SCOG’s U10 girls’ and U10 boys’ players to accompany the Grizzlies’ starting players onto the field before each game starts. GHS players plan to sport pink socks and hope to look out on a sea of pink.

Can’t attend, but wish to support this community effort? Consider making a direct donation to Smilow via GHS Midfielders—and wearing pink anyway.

To donate, Venmo donations can be made to @Guilford_Midfielders (input 0728 if last digits needed, and note that it’s for Smilow), or send a check made out to “GHS Midfielders” to GHS Midfielders, PO Box 613, Guilford, CT 06437.