NORWICH – For a third straight year, Norwich High School athletes, students, cheerleaders and coaches are coming together to fight cancer, beginning with Friday night’s varsity football game versus defending class A state champions Maine-Endwell.

During the game, members of the NHS football team and cheerleading squad will show their support by donning pink, the traditional color for breast cancer awareness, according to NHS Varsity Cheerleading Coach Marie DeSarro. Additional sports teams – throughout the fall – will also participate, she added, with athletes sporting various colors representing different types of cancer.

“The ‘pink game’ has become more and more successful over the past three years, and every year teams are finding new ways to show their support and raise awareness in the fight against cancer,” said DeSarro. “Our goal, looking forward, is to have all teams participate in some way.”