On Tuesday, White Bear Lake Area High School in Minnesota faced Cottage Grove's Park High School in boys varsity soccer. It wasn't a typical game; it was one dedicated to mental health awareness.

"I thought, we have a voice and platform, so let's bring awareness to it," said White Bear Lake varsity boys soccer coach and history teacher Taelynn Gittin .

Mental health is something near and dear to Gittin's heart.

"I struggled a lot in college athletics with my own mental health," Gittin said. "We're in an endemic of mental health crisis for students and student athletes."

So student athletes, fans, staff and spectators for both teams flooded the field wearing shirts saying "Mental Health Matters", all in the hope to bring awareness to the topic.

"We don't talk about it as much as I

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