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Referees James Duffey, Steve Kenney, John Duffey and Kevin Cincotta will be on the job to make sure dodgeball participants play by the rules. All four are Team Maureen riders and the Duffeys are the brothers of Maureen (Duffey) Russo.
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fees for the PMC. Team Maureen first rode the PMC in 2007 and has raised over $270,000 for gynecological cancer research. -' "We expect to make over $100,000 this year just because of the sheer numbers [of riders]," says Lind, herself a pediatric oncology nurse practitioner at the Dana Far, By Craig Salters csalters@wickedlocal.com ber. Lind's husband, Peter Lind, is a pediatrician at FalIf you can dodge a wrench, mouth Pediatric Associates. you can dodge a ball. The event also promises And, if you can dodge a much more than dodgeball ball, you can take part in the action. There will be chilthird annual Team Maureen dren's activities, food, prizes, Dodgeball Tournament 8"11t-a-Dr,raffies and-a silentaue-: urday, May 21 at 11a.m. at the tion. Gus Canty Recreation Center A Hudson native, Maureen in Falmouth. (Duffey)Russowas a standout And, contrary to the not-so- athlete in high school and sage advicegivenby dodgeball served as captain of the gymcoach Patches O'Houlihan in nastics team at Springfield the comedy "Dodgeball: A College.She married her high True Underdog Story," the school sweetheart, Domenic ~:llenLnr.omises to blessedly "Mike"Russo. and the couple

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Lind, who would talk to her sister two or three times a day, notes the 32 riders on TeamMaureen and the countless others who volunteer and participate in events like the dodgeball tourney. "Eventhough she'snot here, she's still pulling all of us together," says Lind. Teams of 6-8 people can enter the tournament at $125 per-team-There ~oi:li.vP sions, an Average Joe's Family Division and a Globo Gym Adult Division. For more information, go to myspace.com/teammaureen or facebook.corn/teammaureen. Those interested can also call Lind at 508-2214024.

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The tournament does two things: it raises funds for Team Maureen, which in turn provides funds for gynecological cancer research; and it honors the life of Maureen (Duffey) Russo, who died at age 37 after her second battle with the disease. Maureen's sister, Eileen Lind of Falmouth, says the dodgeball tourney is in keeping with her sister's spirit: fun, family-oriented and, at times, pretty dam competitive. "My sister was very familyoriented and this is a fun family llctivity;' says Lind. "It's really a celebration of her life and a tribute to all those whose liveshave been touched by cancer." Now at 32 members, Team Maureen participates in the Pan-Mass Challenge, a bike-a-thon that raises money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the Jimmy Fund. Proceeds from the dodgeball tournament will help to defray the entry