Concord-Carlisle’s Avery Cox, left, is mobbed by teammates Caroline Coletti, center, and Braeden Peca after scoring the lone goal of the game during the first half against Lincoln-Sudbury at Concord-Carlisle High School, Saturday, September 23, 2023. Ken McGagh for The Concord Bridge
Photo Gallery: CCHS girls emerge victorious from a wall of Kicks for Cancer pink
September 29, 2023
Ball girl Grace Gibbs, 10, of Concord, waits for the call during the Kicks for Cancer match between Concord-Carlisle and Lincoln-Sudbury at Concord-Carlisle High School, Saturday, September 23, 2023. Also handling ball duties was Madeline Rus, also 10 and from Concord. Ken McGagh for The Concord BridgeConcord-Carlisle and Lincoln-Sudbury girls’ soccer players take the field for introductions before the Kicks for Cancer game at Concord-Carlisle High School, Saturday, September 23, 2023. Ken McGagh for The Concord BridgeConcord-Carlisle’s Caroline Coletti makes a free kick in front off a wall of pink during a Kicks for Cancer match against Lincoln-Sudbury at Concord-Carlisle High School, Saturday, September 23, 2023. Ken McGagh for The Concord BridgeConcord-Carlisle’s Avery Cox, who scored the game’s lone goal, battles a Lincoln-Sudbury player for the ball at Concord-Carlisle High School, Saturday, September 23, 2023. Ken McGagh for The Concord BridgeA sea of fans in pink in support of ovarian cancer research at the Kicks for Cancer event at Concord-Carlisle High School, an event that started in 2007 with one soccer game to honor the life of Lois Wells, the mother of Concord-Carlisle soccer alums Steve Wells and Dan Wells, who died of ovarian cancer in 2007. Ken McGagh for The Concord BridgeThe Concord-Carlisle girls’ soccer team huddle before taking on Lincoln-Sudbury during the Kicks for Cancer tournament at Concord-Carlisle High School, Saturday, September 23, 2023. Kicks for Cancer started in 2007 with one soccer game to honor the life of Lois Wells, the mother of Concord-Carlisle soccer alums Steve Wells and Dan Wells, who died of ovarian cancer in 2007. Steve Wells, now a special education teacher at Concord-Carlisle, has seen the annual late September event grow into an all-day tournament with some of the region’s top boys’ and girls’ soccer teams.
Ken McGagh for The Concord BridgeConcord-Carlisle’s Emmy O’Donnell passes to a teammate during the Kicks for Cancer soccer match against Lincoln-Sudbury at Concord-Carlisle High School, Saturday, September 23, 2023. The Patriots won 1-0. Ken McGagh for The Concord BridgeBoth players and fans wore pink in support of ovarian cancer research for the Kicks for Cancer games at Concord-Carlisle High School, Saturday, September 23, 2023. Volleyball, football, field hockey and ultimate frisbee games were also played, all raising funds for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s ovarian cancer research. Ken McGagh for The Concord BridgeA wall of fans clad in clad in pink behind the Concord-Carlisle girls’ soccer bench during a Kicks for Cancer game against Lincoln-Sudbury at Concord-Carlisle High School, Saturday, September 23, 2023. he event’s marquee matches between Concord-Carlisle boys’ and girls’ soccer teams against rival Lincoln-Sudbury drew the biggest crowds. The Patriots swept, with the girls winning 1-0 and the boys 4-0. Ken McGagh for The Concord BridgeA raucous Concord-Carlisle student section clad in pink supported the girls’ soccer team against Lincoln-Sudbury at Concord-Carlisle High School, Saturday, September 23, 2023. The game was one of the marquee matches in Kicks for Cancer, an annual fundraiser for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s ovarian cancer research. Ken McGagh for The Concord Bridge
