St. Aloysius coach Gene Rogillio knows all too well the devastation cancer can cause.

That’s why today when the Lady Flashes host Madison St. Joseph, both teams will wear pink in honor of cancer awareness. The game will be the first of its kind in Warren County.

“We’ll have our pink game here and we’ll have another one when we go to Madison St. Joe. St. Dominic’s Hospital is sponsoring both games,” said Rogillio after St. Al’s division game with Bogue Chitto Monday night at Bazinsky Park.

Renee McGuffee, who works for St. Al in the school’s front office, said the entire school day will be about cancer awareness.

“We will have a $2 jean day at the school, so the kids can wear jeans to school but they must donate two dollars. Then at the game with Madison St. Joe, our team will be wearing pink shirts and pink socks while Madison will wear pink shirts and blue pants. All of the gate and the concessions will go to several cancer charities and Relay for Life. We will also pass the helmet for more donations,” McGuffee said.

Admission will be $5 for adults and $3 for children and no passes will be accepted.

Rogillio said he hopes the game will become an annual event and encourages both Vicksburg High and Warren Central do the same.

“Cancer is something that has hit me personally,” he said. “I lost a wife (Jean) to breast cancer in 1997, and my mother to colon cancer and I’ve also had colon cancer, but it was caught early.”