High School Football Rivalries

I don't know about your neck of the woods, but here in the 'Chusetts, the
big high school rivalries are played out on Thanksgiving. (I should point
out for our non-USA friends that by "football", I mean the sport played
with a pointy-ended ball on a field marked up like a gridiron.)

For most schools this is THE game. I grew up in East Boston where the
enemy was South Boston. Brutal rivalry, in more ways than one. About
the best poster I ever saw was on the East Boston post office. It read
"Go 02128! Beat 02127!" Well, I liked it.

Some games have gotten one-sided over the years. Stoneham had been
a doormat for Reading for years, but last year the Spartans triumphed
and look to do so again this year. Go Blue&White! You always run into
someone you haven't seen in a while, kids are home from college, retired
teachers came back for a visit.

Thanksgiving Day football is always an adventure here because you
never know how the weather's going to turn out. You could be drenched,
frozen, or baked. You just never know. I love it when it's sloppy. Real
football should be played in the mud. Of course I say this from the
perspective of someone who's going to be up in the stands sipping a hot
chocolate.

And then, of course, home to the feast.