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In Oak Lawn Girls Basketball Program, Coaches and Players are Tickled Pink to Help in Battle Against Breast Cancer

Oak Lawn girls basketball coach Janet Haubenreiser hopes to pack the gym for the Spartans' game on Thursday night vs. Oak Forest. The idea is to raise funds to help support three Oak Lawn staff members in their battle against breast cancer.

Oak Lawn girls basketball coach Janet Haubenreiser wants everybody to think pink.

Haubenreiser and the Spartans are gearing up for their second annual "Pink Out Night" to raise money for three staff members diagnosed with breast cancer.

Four games will be played Thursday at Oak Lawn Community High School. The freshman boys and girls will play, as will the sophomore girls and varsity girls. The Spartans will be taking on Oak Forest in the marquee event.

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Tip-off is at 7 p.m. for the varsity girls game.

The idea is promote breast cancer awarness and raise funds to help support three of Oak Lawn's own: Krista Mannion, Karen Janecek and Jeanette Infusino.

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"We hope that both the funds from the game and the support of the staff and students will help them in their fight against breast cancer," Haubenreiser said in a news release. "Let's pack the gym in pink again this year in support of our colleagues."

Nearly 1,000 fans showed up last year to watch Oak Lawn defeat Bremen 65-20 in its first "Pink Out Night" promotion for breast cancer awareness. And nearly 800 pink T-shirts were sold to mark the occasion. A portion of sale proceeds from the concession stand went to help Mannion and her family.

This year, newly designed pink T-shirts will sell for $10 and pink bracelets will be available for $1.

In the Spartan Gym, the sophomore girls will play at 5:30 p.m. The freshman girls will play in Gym 127 at 4:30 p.m. and the freshman boys will follow them at 6 p.m.


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