Projo 7 to 7 News Blog

By Carolyn Thornton
Journal Sports Writer

The Pilgrim softball team is gearing up for a special night Thursday night, when the Patriots host Toll Gate in a Division I matchup (7 p.m.) at the Warwick West Side field on Post Road.

Being Pilgrim's final home game of the regular season, the team plans to honor its three seniors: Kate Fowler, Sarah Patricio and Brittany DeRouin. The Patriots will also be looking for a victory in hopes of securing a spot in the playoffs.

But the game will be special for yet another reason, as the players will be wearing ribbons to honor the memory of 15-year-old Pilgrim student Kimberly Pisaturo, who was struck and killed by a school bus earlier this month.

Kelly Harrington, a foreign language teacher at Pilgrim, and some of her students have been making the ribbons over the past week, said Patriots coach Bill Aquilante, and Fowler suggested that the team wear the memorial ribbons for the remainder of the season. Students and faculty from the school also will be selling them at tomorrow's game, with proceeds going to the Pisaturo family.

Fowler, a co-captain with Patricio, says that she came up with the idea because she wanted to feel like she had helped in some way during "this horrible tragedy."

"I wanted to wear the ribbons to keep Kim's spirit alive and show support throughout the Pilgrim community and her family," said Fowler. "It was hard dealing with the loss of a classmate, but we all got through it together. Wearing the ribbons made my teammates and me think of how fragile life is and to never give up throughout it. Kim will be missed, but 'Once a Patriot, always a patriot,' she will be remembered."

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