This year’s Pink Out game will be on the Friday closest to Breast Cancer Awareness Day instead of during the traditional rivalry game against Salina South.
The South v Central rivalry game date has recently fallen in September, prompting the student council to make the change.
For years, the Pink Out – the game when students are asked to wear pink to honor breast cancer awareness – has been held during the season opener in early September.
This year, however, the 2025 Pink Out game is scheduled for this Friday, just days before Breast Cancer Awareness Day on Oct. 13.
“We decided in order to actually fulfill that and celebrate it and honor it, we were going to switch it to October,” said student council adviser Lizzie Eades, who organizes the event.
To show support, students and community members are encouraged to buy Pink Out apparel when it becomes available, share promotional posts and attend the game.
“Showing up to our games and just making the cause known [helps] because it is so important,” senior class president and student council member Brooke Banninger said.
This year, the student council will donate all proceeds from Pink Out apparel sales – totaling about $300 – to the Walker Family Foundation, which supports breast cancer research, Eades said.
The student council hopes this change will bring more focus to the cause and increase community involvement. By connecting the event more closely with Breast Cancer Awareness Month, they aim to make the annual Pink Out game not just a school tradition, but a meaningful effort in supporting those affected by breast cancer.
“We wanted the Pink Out to be a sign of support,” Banninger said.
According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States. It accounts for about 30 percent of all new female cancers each year.
“I think there are at least a handful of kids, if not more, that get affected by breast cancer in some shape or form,” Eades said, “whether in the future with themselves, or parents, relatives, whatever there is.”
For more information on breast cancer, visit www.breastcancer.org.
