Rivalry With Red Lion
The definition of rivalry is an intense competition between two teams. The rivalry between two towns could be as great without the field. Not only does every team have this intense rivalry but the towns alone provide for the rivalry. The rivalry between Dallastown and Red Lion is an excellent example. There may not be two other towns this close together in which a rivalry thrives this great.
Football is a highly intense sport. There seem to always be an injury. There must be some serious injuries. "I, myself have never seen any serious injuries, just a sprain or something minor," replied Mr. Ron Fitzkee, a former Red Lion head football coach. "Although injuries come with the game not always does the injury have to be serious. Football can be a sport of injuries but with the comes of the joy of playing," commented Mr. Jake Sowers, a former Dallastown football player.
The rivalry between Dallastown and Red Lion has become more of a bond between the two teams. Although they are constantly fighting for some reason they have become good friends. The towns have supported it. "These towns can always have a close friend to compete with. Well at least to some extent," snickers Mr. Fitzkee.
The rivalry between Dallastown and Red Lion has obliviously been deep-rooted for many years but it did not just start with the teams. "In the early nineteen hundreds the towns began. It wasn't until around the nineteen forties that the teams really got involved," replied Mr. Fitzkee. The history to the reason of the rivalry was not known to any of the men. "The only reason I may know is that the towns were just close enough to get something started," answered Mr. Mike Ketterman, the head coach of Dallastown's football team today.
Women's sports are just as important as the male and all the sports teams are rivals with Red Lion. From field hockey to volleyball they all have equal share in the rivalry. One sport must have the greatest rivalry. "In my personal opinion I believe that the field hockey team has the greatest out come to see the rivalry." said Mr. Fitzkee. No matter what sport you go to watch there will always be a great rivalry.
"In the earlier years of the football team we had police escorts to Dallastown from Red Lion and than from Dallastown back to the Red Lion high school," stated Mr. Fitzkee. "There was too much friction between the teams to allow just the buses to enter the rivals ground. The police always stayed with the buses to reduce the chance of vandalism."
The rivalry between Dallastown and Red Lion will last for a long time to come. Wheather the greatest rivalry be in football or in field hockey the friction between the two towns will be great no matter what. Even if the football team was taken away, there would always be another team to see that the rivalry still thrives. Nothing will ever stop these two towns from there endless battle to keep in front of the other. If one of these towns changed leagues, the changes are that a new rival would be found, but never will there be such a great rivalry between those two towns as there is in the towns of Dallastown and Red Lion.
