Bedford Soccer Participates in 'Kicks for Cancer'

By Charlene Arsenault

The Kicks for Cancer tournament returns for the eighth year on Saturday, Sept. 27, with some of the state’s best high school soccer teams taking on one another while raising money for cancer research.

ESPN announced in its high school report that 16 teams (12 boys’ and four girls’) are participating in this year’s event, which is held at Concord-Carlisle High School’s Doug White Fields.

Kicks for Cancer has raised more than $130,000 for the cause, and that includes $33,000 from last year’s event alone, for Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

“The event began in 2007, after Lois Wells, mother Concord Carlisle assistant coach Steve Wells, succumbed to cancer,” reported ESPN.

The schedule (as posted on ESPN):

11:30 a.m. - Reading vs. Woburn
11:30 a.m. – Acton-Boxborough girls vs. Bedford girls

2 p.m. - Lexington vs. Wakefield
2 p.m. - Bedford vs Boston Latin

4:30 p.m. – Lincoln-Sudbury girls vs. Concord-Carlisle girls
4:30 p.m. - Brookline vs. Newton North

7 p.m. – Lincoln-Sudbury boys vs. Concord-Carlisle boys
7 p.m. – Acton-Boxborough vs. Wayland

Admission to see all games is $5 for children and $10 for adults.

For those who are unable to attend the event, but still wish to make a donation directly to the Dana Farber Institute and the Jimmy Fund on behalf of Kicks for Cancer, use the donation web page.