On Monday, Oct. 9, the Kirkwood varsity field hockey team had their Pink Out game against Nerinx High School. Kirkwood won 3-2 in a shootout against Nerinx, marking Kirkwood’s 13th win of the season. Their final game of is Oct. 10, after which their post-season will start. Georgia Torpey, junior, talked about the win of the Pink Out game.
“It was a tough game, it was definitely back and forth, but we went into overtime and shootouts and we won in shootouts,” Torpey said. “I do like Pink Out games, I think they’re really fun and it’s a great way to support a really great cause and I feel like it brings everyone together.”
Ryan Cook, senior, celebrates after scoring the first goal of the game and her 12th of the season.
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Mark Borella is a 1984 Kirkwood alum who owns and operates the Seeds of Happiness studio.
"A friend of mine's son was sick, and we knew he wasn't going to make it. I made a handful of these little smiles, [and gave it to the family.] I said maybe you can hold on to [them] until you get your smile back. [The family] said 'it would be very selfish if I didn't tell you to do this for other people.'"
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