Did you read the title of this post and think I was going to talk about Newton North and Brookline? Red Sox and Tampa Bay? Obama and McCain. No, not this morning.
Yesterday's Daily News tribune has an article about the 2008 Newton South Girls Cross-Country team and their rivalry with Lincoln-Sudbury.
On the trail of history
On paper, the Newton South girls look unfathomably strong, returning their top five from last year while adding senior Bridget Dahlberg (a 4:52 miler and four-time state champion at that distance) and sophomore Kathy O'Keefe, a 5:05 miler and 19:11 three-miler). Dahlberg, who has played soccer every fall until this year, instantly becomes a contender for the state XC championship.
But then there's Lincoln-Sudbury, last year's state champions and winners of the Northeast regional meet who also return their top five -- a top five that averaged under 19:00 at Franklin Park. L-S is ranked #1 in the Northeast and #9 in the country, while N-S is ranked #2 in the Northeast and #13 in the country.
Of course the funny part is that they both compete in the same league - the Dual County League -- and will face each other in a league meet October 1st. That will be "interesting" but might not be a good predictor of what will happen when they face each other again in the DCL league meet, the EMass meet and (most likely) as the top two teams in the All-State meet.
These two teams ALWAYS seem to be battling for some title or other. In indoor track, outdoor track, and cross-country it seems that it always comes down to Newton South against Lincoln-Sudbury. The two teams could get sick of seeing each other so often, but the rivalry seems to have just pushed both teams to get better. And better and better.
Last year at the EMass meet, the top three, 8 of the top 14, and 10 of the top 19 finishers were from these two schools. And both teams might be stronger this year.
And now South adds Dahlberg and O'Keefe. This could possibly be the best girls team in the history of Massachusetts.
Or they might not even win their league.
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5 comments:
There is only one RIVALRY. GO WARRIORS!
sigh . . . the state XC rivalry used to be NNHS and NSHS.
Lincoln-Sudbury are the WARRIORS too
too????????
LIONS all the way!
I think that it's not necessarily coincidence that the two best MA teams are in the same league - I think that we definitely push each other. So whoever wins has the other team partially to thank!
Also, why aren't NNHS and NSHS in the same league? If we were, there would be a lot more attendance at sports events because that could be some INTENSE rivalry going on there.
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