OT: CNY HS Rivalries Then and Now

[TexanMark]

Ogdensburg - Massena

Go OFA! Their band always comes down to play in July at the Can-Am Festival in Sackets. You guys need to come down to Sackets the 3rd Saturday in July.

http://www.canamfestival.com/

 

[OburgOrange]

Go OFA! Their band always comes down to play in July at the Can-Am Festival in Sackets. You guys need to come down to Sackets the 3rd Saturday in July.

Love Sacketts! We do a lot of camping that way. Don't forget, I know where you live!

 

[Bill Orange]

JD-FM were big rivals in the 80's

Not to mention the 60's and 70's!

 

[NKR1978]

yup capt.tuttle phoenix vs mexico i remember those games as i was a phoenix alum 72-86 could of played ball but was to injuried also hated solvay and there coach al merola and his chunky son albie

You were in high school from 1972-1986?

 

[anomander]

In hoops Ludden - CBA were and still are the biggest rivalry in CNY.

 

[Bill Orange]

Whiteside was good, so was Andy Bright, a tough guard. Played against him a few times in the gym at Clarkson. He was strong.

Liverpool also had Brian Phillips and the McDermott brothers. Lots of talent all triggered by Holohan.

Florange44

Dave was a great player and went on to play at UNC Greensboro and was inducted into their athletic Hall of Fame a couple of years ago.

Beans Bright was indeed tough as nails.

Only times I could beat Holohan was at foosball at TC's!

 

[Trueblue25]

In hoops Ludden - CBA were and still are the biggest rivalry in CNY.

Henninger vs FM has grown too.

 

[UticaCuse]

Whitesboro - New Hartford has been huge in the Utica area for a long time, especially after Whitesboro and RFA stopped playing regularly. However, W'boro has dominated the series for years. While still heated, the rivalry is much more about the fans and reminiscing than about competition on the field.

 

[TexanMark]

Sad how RFA fell apart in Football after Griffiss shut down

 

[Cuse_Albs]

Sad how RFA fell apart in Football after Griffiss shut down

I had 2 wins in 2 years of HS football, both were against RFA. :rolling:

 

[will6786]

Impressed by the 14 year plan for HS...must of been kinda strange whenever you had to leave HS to pick up your sick 7th grade son from school.

o thanks glad your impressed sorry texan mark and nkr worded it wrong i went to school in phoenix district from 1972-1986 .

 

[SWC75]

Back in the 60's, North Syracuse was the biggest high school in the state but J-D was the best football program in the area and J-D was always the big game Liverpool want' very good. But in the 70's and 80's, the voters in North Syracuse started voting down budgets, (because it was the only spending they got to directly vote on) while the voters in Liverpool voted to build their program. I remember seeing a listing in the paper of local high school athletes who had gotten college scholarships in the various sports and Liverpool had 72. Cicero-North Syracuse, (which we were by then: i actually graduated from Cicero), had 3. The football programs reflected that. Liverpool became a perennial power and C-NS a perennial also ran. With rare exceptions, that has stayed the same. Too bad, because it should have been a good rivalry.

 

[florange44]

Back in the 60's, North Syracuse was the biggest high school in the state but J-D was the best football program in the area and J-D was always the big game Liverpool want' very good. But in the 70's and 80's, the voters in North Syracuse started voting down budgets, (because it was the only spending they got to directly vote on) while the voters in Liverpool voted to build their program. I remember seeing a listing in the paper of local high school athletes who had gotten college scholarships in the various sports and Liverpool had 72. Cicero-North Syracuse, (which we were by then: i actually graduated from Cicero), had 3. The football programs reflected that. Liverpool became a perennial power and C-NS a perennial also ran. With rare exceptions, that has stayed the same. Too bad, because it should have been a good rivalry.

SWC-
Liverpool was perennially terrible in football until o'leary got there. He changed the whole culture and turned it into a year round commitment. I believe he came in the summer of 77, had a mediocre year, then was unstoppable until he left for Cuse. The talent was always there, just no commitment to year round lifting. That changed everything. He was a tough SOB, but he got results.
Florange44

 

[brandokc]

Westhill vs Solvay

 

[weedsportwarriors]

Back in the day - Port Byron/Weedsport was THE game to watch.

It didn't matter what the sport was Port Byron was always our biggest rival. I am not sure how strong that rivalry is now.