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Windham: Racing for a throw, friends, from left Dan Vitale, of Plaistow, and Rob Rush, of Boston, play with heart, but the wet ball will land in the arms of neither during this play in Sunday's game of touch football at Griffin Park. The weekly game, involving eight friends--now in their mid 20's--who have known each other since they were in their teens, has become a staple in the lives of each, as the group, who have grown apart in distance, make socializing on the field once-a-week a priority in their now more separate lives. Photo by Jan Seeger/Eagle-Tribune Sunday, December 28, 2008

Windham: Racing for a throw, friends, from left Dan Vitale, of Plaistow, and Rob Rush, of Boston, play with heart, but the wet ball will land in the arms of neither during this play in Sunday's game of touch football at Griffin Park. The weekly game, involving eight friends--now in their mid 20's--who have known each other since they were in their teens, has become a staple in the lives of each, as the group, who have grown apart in distance, make socializing on the field once-a-week a priority in their now more separate lives. Photo by Jan Seeger/Eagle-Tribune Sunday, December 28, 2008