Mepham High School’s athletic programs hosted various events to continue the fight against pediatric cancer and breast cancer during their fall season.

Both the girls and boys soccer program at Mepham High School dedicated the month of September to the fight against pediatric cancer.The girls wore yellow athletic tape for each game in the Month of September along with yellow pediatric cancer awareness wrist bands.

“The girls soccer team had a unique situation where two members of the varsity soccer team have a brother who was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer,” explained varsity girls soccer coach Janine Bizelia.“As an eighth grader in the district, the girls dedicated one of their games to Carsyn Volpe’s fight against cancer.”

The girls designed yellow T-shirts with his name on them and called Volpeto come out at the end of the game to take photos.

“He is an amazing young man who is fighting each day to have some sense of normalcy,” added Dr. William Murphy, Mepham’s athletic coordinator.

“The parents of the boys and girls soccer programs also aided the players efforts by selling snacks at their games to help raise money for fighting pediatric cancer,” added boys varsity soccer coach Zach Gosse.

The girls varsity soccer team also held their annual pink game on Sept. 30, sold baked goods at their team tent and wore pink T-shirts and socks.

The boys varsity soccer team held a breast cancer awareness game on Sept. 29. Both boys and girls junior varsity and varsity programs sold over 350 t-shirts and raised $2,800.

Mepham’s Sept. 24varsity football game was their annual Pediatric Cancer Awareness game.Players and coaches wore yellow arm bands (the color that supports pediatric cancer awareness) and the fans in the stands wore yellow or gold for awareness.

“We also had three game captains from the community represent the program at the pregame coin toss,” explained varsity football coach Matt Moody. “Each of the honorary game captains; Luke Lang, Robert LaSpina and Carsyn Volpe were either cancer survivors or were currently battling cancer.”

The boys remained on the sideline for the entire game and the announcer introduced each of the boys while providing a short biography during the game.

The Mepham Football Program will also be donating a portion of their proceeds from their annual homecoming T-shirt sales to pediatric cancer research.

Date Added: 10/13/2022