https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/sports/best-sports-rivalries.html?action=click&module=Editors Picks&pgtype=Homepage
This article looks at some the most intense rivalries involving pro and college sports. All the usual suspects are there, including the Cards vs. the Cubs and the Packers vs. the Bears. For a rivalry to exist, it has to be fairly balanced, with both teams having an equal amount of hatred for each other. White Sox fans hate the Cubs--really, truly hate them--but the hate doesn't seem to be mutual. Rivalries often arise between teams because of their proximity to each other. An obvious example on the high school level is of course Rice and Marist. What other high schools in the area have traditional rivalries?
I don't think Carmel has a rival per se. But one of the posters here said that back in the day, when MC and JCA used to play each other regularly, and when the Carmelites from both schools got together for a yearly banquet, emotions often ran so high that fistfights would break out. That's a wonderful story, and I hope it's true. I tend to believe it because the priests when I was there didn't hesitate to administer corporal punishment. I had my head slammed into a locker more than once.
This article looks at some the most intense rivalries involving pro and college sports. All the usual suspects are there, including the Cards vs. the Cubs and the Packers vs. the Bears. For a rivalry to exist, it has to be fairly balanced, with both teams having an equal amount of hatred for each other. White Sox fans hate the Cubs--really, truly hate them--but the hate doesn't seem to be mutual. Rivalries often arise between teams because of their proximity to each other. An obvious example on the high school level is of course Rice and Marist. What other high schools in the area have traditional rivalries?
I don't think Carmel has a rival per se. But one of the posters here said that back in the day, when MC and JCA used to play each other regularly, and when the Carmelites from both schools got together for a yearly banquet, emotions often ran so high that fistfights would break out. That's a wonderful story, and I hope it's true. I tend to believe it because the priests when I was there didn't hesitate to administer corporal punishment. I had my head slammed into a locker more than once.
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