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Amador girls softball team holds 1st annual 'Play for a Cure' game
Special event dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness.

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The girls varsity softball team at Amador Valley High School held its first Annual "Play for a Cure" game yesterday in a game Coach Teresa Borchard said was dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness.

Players wore pink and ran to pink bases. Several Breast Cancer Survivors threw out the first pitches."

Breast cancer survivors also talked about the disease and distributed literature at an "Awareness Tent" next to the athletic fields, Borchard said.

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Comments

Posted by Bill Smith, a resident of Dublin, on Apr 1, 2010 at 10:05 am

Congrats, Coach Julie and Teresa for teaching these young women that there are more important issues in life than playing the game of softball. Well done!


Posted by PTowngirl, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Apr 1, 2010 at 10:52 am

what time is the game?


Posted by AVSoftball, a member of the Amador Valley High School community, on Apr 1, 2010 at 11:21 am

The game will start at 4:00. Pregame activities start at 3:30. There will be tri-tip sandwiches, hot dogs, chili dogs, and a bake sale. All proceedes will go to the Susan B. Komen research fund.


Posted by Cholo, a resident of Livermore, on Apr 1, 2010 at 3:13 pm

Have a great game. why you gotta ruin it by selling meat? there are so many toxins in meat!


Posted by john, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood, on Apr 1, 2010 at 10:47 pm

way to go cholo. again another negative comment on a positive story.

hopefully theINS will find you soon


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