You could feel the excitement and the intensity in the air an hour before the game started. Fans and players from both New Albany and Floyd Central came wearing their "Passionately Pink" shirts in support of our effort to raise money for breast cancer research. It was impressive to see the two arch rivals come together for a higher cause and it was a success for the first annual Passionately Pink, Kick for the Cure event. Final totals won't be in for a few days but the fans stepped up for the cause donating $165.00 in cash, We also sold approximately 25 t-shirts and will receive 1/2 of the gate receipts. All going directly to the charity.
Thanks need to go out to New Albany Girl's Soccer coach Julie Deuser for getting this event off the ground. Without her vision to get the girls involved in something worthwhile this event would not have happened. A lot goes on behind the scenes to make an event like this successful and we hope to make this an annual event and grow it each year. New Albany High School is proud to say Zesto sponsored the Lady Bulldog game jerzeys.
Floyd Central printed addtional fan shirts that were sold before and during the game. Volunteer parents from both schools manned the Passionately Pink spirit table and I'd like to thank them for giving up their time to make a difference. The fans proved to be charitable as well stuffing the Pink donation bag with $165.00.
The Game! If you came to the game thinking it would be a hard fought defensive battle you were not disappointed. A little blood was even spilled by both teams. Thankfully the injuries were not too serious and both players should be ready to go for their Saturday games. The two teams traded offensive runs in both halves but the defense continually turned away all threats. Only a lone goal in the second half by FC sophomore Lauren Haley was the difference. Give kudos to both defenses and both goalies for thwarting any attempts at making this a high scoring game by either team.
The two teams traded victories last season with NA wining the regular season game and FC coming back to win the sectional title. Time will tell how a second meeting comes out this year. I they meet in the sectional it should be another epic battle.
Passionately Pink, Kick For The Cure was a success and depending on which side of the field you were on the game was a success too. Thanks to all the girls for showing good sportsmanship throughout the game. Good luck in your upcoming games. FC travels to defending state champion Evansville Memorial while New Albany will make the trip to Columbus East on Saturday as well. Let's hope both teams can come back with victories over the weekend.
Look on this site for video and game comments from Taylor from WLKY.com. He was at the game and I thank him for coming out to give the event some media attention. Maybe soccer will grow on Taylor and he'll come to more events like the upcoming Sectional in October. See you there Taylor.
