by: Alamo Heights School District
In the game of volleyball, the term “dig” is defined as the basic defensive act of receiving an attacked ball with both hands together below the waist. For the Alamo Heights Mules varsity volleyball team it also defines how they will help in the fight against breast cancer.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Across the nation, public service organizations, professional medical associations and government agencies work together to spread the message about breast cancer awareness and treatment.
Alamo Heights High School volleyball team members know the importance of the message and the teamwork that go hand-in-hand with the battle against cancer. Partnering with their peers from Hays High School in Buda, the Mules volleyball squad is hosting “Dig Pink” Night on Oct.15 at 6:15 p.m. during the Heights-Hays game.
With events supported by middle, high school and college athletes nationwide, the “Dig Pink” initiative and all proceeds generated benefit the Side-Out Foundation, which in turn awards grants to medical research organizations and entities dedicated to providing compassionate support to breast cancer patients and their families. The event will give youth from both communities the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of breast cancer patients.
The girls are serving up three ways to assist in this campaign.
You may donate to the cause by visiting the Side-Out website at www.side-out.org and locating the Alamo Heights campaign at www.side-out.org/cb/campaigns/ campaign/7062. The team invites anyone affected by breast cancer to join them during the game, as they want to recognize their efforts, supporting those affected and celebrating the survivors. To show support for the campaign, but mostly for those touched by the disease, the team asks all attendees and fans to trade their normal school colors for pink.
It will be a great game with wonderful performances by both teams, but in this case, the ladies will be bringing the “heat” (a particularly hard spike) to help cure cancer!
Alamo Heights High School varsity volleyball team consists of Jessica Wellford, Anahi Molina, Hannah Lackey, Taylor Whitlock, Hayley Colvard, Dorothy Gilliam, Julia Hogan, Devon Sadosky, Mariela Gonzalez, McKay Kyle, Kelsey Mantz, Amy McIntyre and Sarah Peoples. The team is led by Head Coach Courtney Patton with assistants Lauren Hickey and Sarah Holmes and managed by Khloe Guerra and Sarah Hawk. (Images are courtesy of Mary Candee of Dulce Design Photography.)
