Stacy Martin, right, hugs Paige Dodd Thursday after she and the rest of the Karns City girls soccer team presented her with checks totaling $3,600 at halftime of a game against Dubois. The donation will help cover the costs of Martin’s treatments for breast cancer. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

KARNS CITY — Stacy Martin has been constantly on the move since she started cancer treatments in 2019, when her breast cancer returned after first being diagnosed in 2013.

Taking her daughter, McKenna Martin, to soccer practices and games over her playing career at Karns City Area Jr./Sr. High School has also kept her busy.

Thursday evening, all the effort Martin spent cheering on the Gremlins was returned by the players of the team, who raised more than $3,600 for her treatments by gathering donations and selling T-shirts over the past month.

Martin said the initiative by the team was a big help.

“It is amazing that they did this,” Martin said. “The first time I went through treatment I worked through it, but now I can’t work. It was their idea to do this.”

The team presented Martin with the checks at halftime at Thursday’s soccer game against Dubois, which was also the annual “pink out” game, where the entire team wore pink shirts in support of breast cancer awareness.

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