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When a high school football team heard that one of their cheerleaders was diagnosed with leukemia, they paid a beautiful tribute to her by dropping orange roses at her feet as they entered the field for a game. 。

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Ashley Adamietz, a student at Foothill High School in Palo Cedro, California, appeared speechless as player after player presented her with a rose – orange, the color of leukemia awareness.。

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Adamietz, whose Twitter is now private, shared how the team's actions made her feel in a tweet. 。

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"I had no idea that the cheer and football team had planned for every football player to give me an orange rose (the color for leukemia)," she wrote.  。

"I was shocked, overwhelmed and overall speechless. I can't thank you enough to both teams for making my first game one to remember and making me cry tears of joy. I love Foothill High School." 。