LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Two local football teams are putting aside the rivalry and joining forces for a good cause.

Norris and Standing Bear will face off Thursday in a battle on the field.

But all week leading up to the game, the players, coaches and parents are focusing on a battle that carries a deeper meaning.

“I’ve always had a passion for it,” said Kiffin Hausmann, a senior football player at Norris. “Especially after it affected my grandma. She had breast cancer. And it also affected my mother. She passed away from it, so it just means a lot to me.”

October is breast cancer awareness month, and both teams are working together to raise $5,000 for the April Sampson Cancer Center in Lincoln.

“It’s really a cool deal when things like this happen because it shows that it’s more than

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