Five-year old Margaret Romph is a cheerleader at Capitol City Cheer in Jefferson City. But on January 2 her life changed. Now, there are thousands of others cheering for her.

The Westminster softball team is warming up for it's season in an unusual way.

The Blue Jays put on pink, put out the balloons and then played, and played and played. Eight straight hours on the diamond, a softball endurance contest.

"12, 1, let's hope. We'll make it go really fast," said Nicole Stacey, Westminster softball coach.

They're playing for Margaret.

A five-year old Jefferson City girl whose life changed on January 2. When she was in a car crash with her sister Erin and their grandma. Margaret broke both of her legs and her neck in two places.

"Everybody who knows Margaret, she's always running around doing something and so it was heartbreaking," Lisa Dey, Romph family friend.

"Spunky, attitude. She would always come with this raspy voice. 'Nicole'. I loved it. She had mismatched clothes and she had high heels on and her bow. Just Miss Personality," said Stacey.

"I called her stinkerpot. It's what I called her," said Dey.

Stacey coached Margaret's sister, Erin last summer.She wanted to do something to help.

"It's overwhelming to think about how much they need," said Stacey.

So they pitched, hit, ran and raised nearly $3,000.

"People I think when it deals with a child and a 5 year old kid. Just the tragic of how it happened and everybody just pulls together," said Dey.

"Softball, that's my job right now, but I want to teach these girls an important lesson and that's to give. Beyond softball and beyond college, hopefully they're going to take this for the rest of their lives," said Stacey.

A lifelong lesson about endurance.

"This isn't a two or three month deal. This is forever. She's always going to need something," said Dey.

Playing 100 innings of softball isn't too tough when you have a cause.

"The biggest thing is that they know they have people there to help them for whatever they need," said Dey.

Margaret is currently in the Ranken Jordan Pediatric Hospital in St. Louis. Doctors say it could be six months before they are back in Jefferson City. If you would like to help the Romph family with medical expenses, click the link at the left.