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Photos: Dedication Leads to Victory

Phantoms score 60 points at Homecoming game dedicated in memory of Bayport girl.

The varsity football team dedicated Saturday's Homecoming game in the memory of their , Carly LeStrange, a student at who lost her battle to cancer in June 2011.

Phantoms football garnered their first win of the season that day, scoring 60-6 against the Southampton Mariners.

Quarterback Bailey Imbo's mother had set up a facebook event to inform residents about the dedication of the game and to request that they join the team's effort to remember Carly by putting a little bit of sky blue in their uniform.

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In honor of Carly, the players placed a sky blue letter "C" on their helmets and changed their laces to sky blue for the day as well. On the event page Donna Imbo wrote "Please join us by wearing a little bit of light sky blue at Homecoming to remember our little peanut Carly." As of Friday, 182 people are participating, according to the Facebook event page.


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