Football Players Place Roses at Feet of Cheerleader with Leukemia

A California high school football team paid tribute to a member of the family before their game Friday night with a gesture to honor her cancer battle.

KRCR reports that Adamietz, who is a senior, was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in early August. Orange is the color used to raise awareness for leukemia.

The team’s coach, Joey Brown said his players “took care of family business”.

Ashley also took to her Twitter account following the game to express her heartfelt gratitude towards the team’s handsome gesture, which came as a complete surprise to her.

She found out she has leukemia last month and has been undergoing chemotherapy treatments, according to her coach.

The school plans to continue to support the cheerleader and has asked everyone to wear orange to the Cougars’ next game. “We are. So I wanted to let it be known to everybody, and especially to her, for what she’s going through”.

“I can’t thank you enough to both teams for making my first game one to remember and making me cry tears of joy”, she wrote.