By Jack Bretthauer – Staff Reporter 

For their rivalry games against Foran, the Jonathan Law boys and girls soccer teams decided to raise money for breast cancer awareness to benefit the Get In Touch Program.

The boys and girls played against Foran on October 27. The Foran girls defeated Law and the Law boys tied Foran 1-1.

The night before the fundraiser, the Lawmen soccer players created signs that were later posted up in the cafeteria. The captains of both boys and girls soccer went around during lunch waves to collect money. 

“While going table to table fundraising in the cafe, we had a lot of people wanting to donate what they could,” senior girls soccer captain Elly van Waveren said. “If they did not have cash on them they would use our Venmo to donate.” 

The fundraising was fun for the teams themselves.

“I had a lot of fun fundraising”, van Waveren said.

Together the teams were able to raise almost $700 for the foundation. 

“Sports are so much more than winning and losing,” girls soccer coach Mrs. Francisco said. “I think that it is important to give back to the community and help instill those values into my players as well.” 

The fundraiser was a great success and had a positive impact on the community. The atmosphere of the games was also affected by the fundraiser as it added more hype to each game.

“I think it makes the girls play a little harder when they play for a cause,” Francisco said. “Of course, we chose to play our charity game against Foran so we were able to raise the most money as it is always a big game.” 

The players also felt these impacts as there were more people at the game.

“The crowd was super loud and all I could hear was the different sides screaming,” senior captain Demi Carrapico said. “On one side of the field you have people cheering you on.”

Boys soccer team members said they were extra focused going into the game because it was against Foran.

“It made us more competitive and more ready for the game because we were hyping it up,” junior captain Elliot Melgar said.

The younger members of the boys team stepped up in one of their first rivalry games against Foran.

“Everyone fought for one another and had each other’s back all game long,” junior captain Cooper Fitzgerald said.