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54 | May 4, 2017 | The frankfort station sports<br />
frankfortstation.com<br />
Griffins play for ‘warriors,’ ‘angels’<br />
Steve Millar<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
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Lincoln-Way East coach<br />
Mike Murphy was thrilled<br />
with his team’s 3-1 win<br />
Tuesday night over Lincoln-Way<br />
West.<br />
The night, though, was<br />
about more than soccer.<br />
The rivals came together<br />
for the annual Kick For a<br />
Cure breast cancer awareness<br />
game, raising money<br />
for cancer research.<br />
“I love this game because<br />
it teaches the girls and everyone<br />
else that when we’re<br />
on the field we’re competing,<br />
but off the field we’re<br />
competing for a common<br />
cause,” Murphy said. “The<br />
parents at both schools put<br />
in a lot of effort. West did<br />
a great job hosting. To give<br />
back to the community is<br />
outstanding.”<br />
The teams wore special<br />
T-shirts and helped<br />
organize gift baskets that<br />
were auctioned off. Proceeds<br />
were donated to Silver<br />
Cross Hospital Cancer<br />
Center.<br />
“We’ve now raised over<br />
$30,000 since we started the<br />
event in 2009,” West coach<br />
Jeff Theiss said. “This continues<br />
to grow every year.<br />
It’s always a special experience<br />
to see the community<br />
come together for a bigger<br />
cause.”<br />
On the field, East’s<br />
star midfielder Bianca<br />
Galassini proved to be unstoppable.<br />
The South Carolina recruit<br />
had a hat trick, scoring<br />
all three goals on headers,<br />
as the visiting Griffins prevailed<br />
in a SouthWest Suburban<br />
Red game.<br />
It was the conference<br />
opener for East (10-3-1,<br />
1-0) and a key victory over<br />
the Warriors (9-6-1, 1-1),<br />
who had established themselves<br />
as a major contender<br />
Lincoln-Way East’s Bianca Galassini and West’s Sara<br />
Loichinger vie for the ball April 24 during the cross-district<br />
Kick for a Cure cancer benefit game.<br />
Julie McMann/22nd Century Media<br />
in the league with its win<br />
over Andrew.<br />
“We knew West was going<br />
to be a tough opponent,”<br />
Galassini said. “This was<br />
a big result to improve our<br />
spot in conference and with<br />
our sectional seeding.”<br />
Galassini got the Griffins<br />
on the board in the<br />
30th minute, heading in a<br />
long throw-in from Anna<br />
Power.<br />
It was the start of a strong<br />
performance from Power.<br />
“Anna did a great job<br />
winning headers,” Murphy<br />
said. “She played some<br />
dangerous balls outside and<br />
she was dangerous on the<br />
throws. I was really happy<br />
with how she played.”<br />
After playing nearly the<br />
entire first half on the offensive<br />
side of the field with<br />
strong winds at its back,<br />
East led 1-0 and faced the<br />
challenge of having the<br />
wind against it in the second<br />
half.<br />
The Griffins, though, negated<br />
that disadvantage by<br />
scoring two goals off corner<br />
kicks early in the half.<br />
Galassini headed in<br />
Kelsey McInturff’s corner<br />
kick with 38:35 left in the<br />
match, then did it again with<br />
28:29 to go.<br />
“I love taking corner<br />
kicks,” McInturff said. “I<br />
know as long as I do what I<br />
need to do, Bianca is going<br />
to finish it.”<br />
McInturff was especially<br />
motivated by the Kick For a<br />
Cure event.<br />
Players who have had<br />
family members or friends<br />
affected by cancer were<br />
recognized before the game<br />
and wore patches on their<br />
uniform in honor of their<br />
“angels” — those who<br />
died from cancer —“warriors”<br />
—those still battling<br />
the disease — and<br />
survivors.<br />
“I had two angels and two<br />
survivors to honor,” McInturff<br />
said. “Having a lot of<br />
family behind me and a lot<br />
of people to play for meant<br />
a lot to me. The names on<br />
those wings were with me<br />
during the game.”<br />
Galassini, who honored<br />
her aunt Idelma, a cancer<br />
survivor, was also grateful<br />
for the chance to play for a<br />
cause.<br />
“It’s really awesome to<br />
play for a good cause,” she<br />
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