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Richards, Shepard collaborate on Volley for the Cure

United by common cause, the volleyball teams from Richards and Shepard high schools paused before their bragging-rights match this week to pose together.

The players, more than 70, smiled as one in their pink uniforms – and then returned to their benches and got ready to serve, bump, spike, dig, scream, and sweat. 

For high school athletics, it was a perfect blend of collaboration and competition. 

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In the weeks prior to the match, the teams spent time raising money for Volley for the Cure to benefit breast cancer research.  The Richards and Shepard programs have worked together on Volley for the Cure the last five years.

On match day, Shepard would win a close one by a score of 25-19, 25-22.  October is national Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 

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