October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pink is worn to bring awareness to the event. This past week, volleyball, cross country, and football teams recognized and raised money to support local community members with breast cancer.
“Having a pink-out game is a very fun way to get people to come and be involved,” sophomore Lexi Reeves said. “Supporting our PHS volleyball team and recognizing the effects of cancer, and donating to the cause shows people that they are not going through this battle alone.”
Having a pink-out game is a very fun way to get people to come and be involved. Supporting our PHS volleyball team and recognizing the effect of cancer, and donating to the cause shows people that they are not going through this battle alone.
— sophomore Lexi Reeves
The volleyball game played on Thursday night was against the Sheridan Broncs. The cross country meet and the football game against Evanston were both held on Friday. The student sections were wild, everyone decking out in pink.
“The student section,” Reeves said. “Holy cow.”
All of the teams performed relatively well. Varsity volleyball won in four sets. The varsity girls cross country team won the meet, edging out Cody.
While only having two boys competing at the varsity level, Liam Taylor and Korbyn Warren placed 8th and 11th, respectively. At the football game, the boys beat the Red Devils 36-14. This leaves their season record at 6-1, losing only to Star Valley. Their next game is in Jackson Hole, this coming Friday.
“We didn’t play our greatest, but we were physical, [and] played hard,” junior football player Keona Wisniewski said. “We got it done, but basically, we didn’t play as clean as we should’ve. It was a good game, though.”
We didn’t play our greatest, but we were physical, [and] played hard. We got it done, but basically, we didn’t play as clean as we should’ve. It was a good game, though.
— junior football player Keona Wisniewski
According to Breastcancer.org, about 1 in 8 women and 1 in 833 men will develop breast cancer throughout the course of their life. With statistics like this, almost everyone knows or is personally affected by breast cancer. Fortunately, with the current technology, cancer is generally being detected faster and is easier to expunge at earlier stages.
This month, for women aged 40 or older and without a primary care doctor or a health provider, Powell Valley Healthcare is offering free consults each Thursday. There are also free consults for anyone who is at high risk due to family history, or who has had a personal diagnosis under 50.
