Pink healthy hue on volleyball court
Think Pink! That’s the spirit.
The color is the flavor of the week for national breast cancer self-awareness through the nonprofit Susan G. Komen Foundation. It reaches a peak for Hinsdale Central and South High Schools with the “Volley for the Cure” girls volleyball match tonight at Central.
The District 86 schools raised more than $18,000 between them last year through raffles, bake sales and pink T-shirts, bracelets and ribbons as well as “suggested donations” to the volleyball game.
Thursday’s match is timely with each team playing above .500 in their countdowns to the state playoffs (South hosts a supersectional Nov. 4).
“Our games are always competitive and now there’s the added incentive with the Cure,” said South coach Lisa Martinez, who got the ball rolling four years ago when she phoned Central coach Shearlynn Kellough to set it up.
Volleyball: Seton sweeps past McNamara
Wearing pink jerseys designed specifically for the occasion, the Elizabeth Seton High School volleyball team swept Bishop McNamara, 25-13, 25-19, 25-12, in a Washington Catholic Athletic Conference match in Bladensburg on Friday evening.
Seton students bought pink t-shirts to raise money for breast cancer charities.
We always try to tell these girls that breast cancer is a serious thing and can attack anyone at any age, said Seton coach Terri Kerley. The girls are good at rallying around it. We sold out of all the t-shirts and we had a bake sale and sold out almost everything there, too.
On the court, the Roadrunners (6-6) had little trouble with the Mustangs. Senior setter Dani Driver served six straight winners to give Seton a quick 7-1 advantage in the first game. Driver also provided numerous sets for outside hitters Iman Brown and Cristen Harris. A late service run from Kiara Coleman nearly gave Seton a 20-7 lead, but McNamara got to within 10 three times before Brown ended the first game with an ace.
