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September 4, 2011 - 9:20 pm

More than 100 of Christina Portaro’s best friends gathered Sunday evening in an impromptu vigil to say goodbye to the popular Faith Lutheran Junior/Senior High School volleyball player one day after she died in an ATV accident in Utah. With candles burning and tears flowing, Potaro’s friends and coaches shared their memories of the energetic 16-year-old junior who, all agree, lived her short life to the fullest.

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