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Oct. 15, 2011 | Get Your Pink On

Emily Kowal, Web News Editor • October 15, 2011
Oct. 15, 2011 | Get Your Pink On

4:30 p.m. Fans wear pink to support Staples wreckers and breast cancer awareness. The wreckers tied with Fairfield Warde 0-0.

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