2017 St. Thomas Boys Soccer

This season on Friday, October 13th at 4:00pm
the Saints
host Milford

9th Annual Pink Game

The JV teams will play at the same time on the JV field.

The teams will play the game with Select "The Cure" Pink soccer balls.
Players will wear pink uniform shirts, sweatbands and headbands.
Some will have pink laces in their cleats.

This is done to raise awareness that cancer touches everyone's lives.
Everyone is effected by cancer in some way.
It could be a family member, a relative, a friend or someone you know.

The purchase of the Pink Balls, sweatbands and laces send money to Cancer research


Select "the Cure" Pink Soccer Ball

A little history of the game "in Pink":

In the 2009 home opener
St. Thomas played Oyster River to raise money to fight breast cancer.

This was the first ever PINK game in St. Thomas School history.

This was done to raise some money, but also awareness that cancer touches everyone's lives.

Players wore pink laces, wristbands and head bands.

Ross Suleski STA Cancer Awarness

In that 2009 game Ross Suleski scored the loan goal as the Saints won their home opener against Oyster River.
Ross played in memory of his Grandmother Betty Peterson who passed away from Lung Cancer.

Photos from 2009 Pink game

Photos from 2009 game by Kevin Collins

The teams raised $338.00 over all.

In 2010 we made the game a bit more personal.
What can make the game more personal than playing for cancer awareness?

Playing to help one persons fight for cancer.  Playing to help one family.
Playing to raise money to help a child directly.

I'd like you to meet Rylie Cruz.

Rylie Cruz

Rylie lived in New Hampshire with her family.

The Cruz Family


Hailee, John, Karen, Rylie and Makayla

On Jan 9,2010 Rylie had a big belly and the family thought she was constipated. Rylie was brought to the ER, she was diagnosed with an enlarged Liver and was transported to Children's Hospital at Dartmouth in Hanover.  Rylie was then transferred to Children's Hospital in Boston. She was poked, prodded, and x-rayed many times.  They found that Rylie has a large Tumor in/next to her Liver and everything pointed towards Cancer. She has been a little trooper and behaved so well for all the Doctors and Nurses. There were multiple teams of doctors working with her from both Children's Hospital and Dana Farber. 

 Donations from the game were sent to the Cruz family to help defer the costs they incur driving from
New Hampshire to Dana Farber and Children's hospital

We played the Windham Jaguars and won 2-1 on goals from Connor Bailey and Ed Conroy

We raised over $500.00 for Cancer and Rylie Cruz

Unfortunately Rylie lost a tough fight after a year and a half.

Photos from the 2010 Varsity Pink game

In 2011 St. Thomas played host to Portsmouth in a PINK game to raise money in memory
of Rylie Cruz for the Dana Farber & Children's Hospital Cancer center.

We added a memory wall where Players and Fans could write down the names of Family and Friends who they were playing for and praying for.

St. Thomas soccer 2011 Team Captains

Game Story from 2011 Pink game

2012 Team Captains

Photos from the 2012 Pink game

Photos from the 2013 Pink game

 2014 JV Pink Game  2014 Captains for Pink Game  2014 Varsity Pink team

Photos from the 2014 Pink game

The 7th annual Pink game was played in 2015 against Manchester West.
the team not only won a victory by raising money to fight Cancer but also
won coach Suleski his 100th career game as a varsity coach at St. Thomas.

Coach Suleski 100th win

Photos from the 2015 Game

Photos from the 2016 Game

This year the Saints will carry on the tradition that has spread to other sports teams at St. Thomas.

So Come Join us and cheer on your team and remember past Family and Friends.

Select "The Cure" Soccer Balls

Select “The Cure” soccer balls -  NFHS approved.  nfhs LOGO


  

 

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