PHOTOS: St. Joseph’s Prep vs. La Salle College HS

MYSELF, BEING A MEMBER OF JUST 1 OF APPROXIMATELY 100 OR SO LASALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS OF THE PAST (CLASS ’82), IT’S JUST ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE TO SEE THAT OUR YEARLY MATCH-UP & RIVALRY WITH ST. JOSEPH’S PREP HASN’T LOST EVEN THE SMALLEST HINT OF IT’S ALWAYS EVER-GROWING VIGOR & VITALITY THAT’S ATTACHED TO THIS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED GAME EVERY YEAR!! IF YA NEED CONVINCING, THEN I’D STRONGLY SUGGEST TO CIRCLE THE DATE ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEARS GAME BETWEEN LASALLE/PREP & THEN BE SURE TO GET YOURSELF A TICKET FOR THE GAME AT LEAST 3 MONTHS IN ADVANCE, BECAUSE THE SAY’N “THE HOTTEST TICKET IN TOWN” DOESN’T EVEN BEGIN TO SCRATCH THE SURFACE WHEN TRYING TO ACCURATELY LABEL THIS PARTICULAR GAME!! FINALLY WHEN THIS YEARLY RIVALRY BETWEEN THESE 2 PROUD CATHOLIC LEAGUE TITANS COMES AROUND ONCE AGAIN, WHEN YOU’RE WALKING INTO THE STADIUM SAY 15 – 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO KICK -OFF, YOU WILL NOT BE INMMUNE TO THE BUILT-UP PURE EMOTION & ENERGY THAT’S ONLY BEEN SLOWLY BUILDING & GROWING SINCE THE 2 TEAMS LAST MET. THIS FEEL’N THAT YOU’RE GONNA EXPERIENCE IS WHAT EVERY FAN, EVERY ALUM, EVERY FAMILY MEMBER, FRIEND OF THE PROGRAMS REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOUR ROOTING INTEREST LIES WILL FEEL WHEN ATTENDING THIS GAME. AND WHEN THE HUGE STADIUM GAME CLOCK READS 4TH QTR & TRIPLE 0’S AND YOU’LL THEN SEE A SUDDEN UNBELIEVABLY HUGE WAVE OF STUDENTS FROM THE WINNING TEAM, A NUMBER EASILY IN THE VICINITY OF 2000-2500 STRONG AT THE VERY LEAST (CLEARLY TRIPLING THE SCHOOLS TOTAL ENROLLMENT SOME HOW) THIS IS HOW THIS EXPERIENCE FINALLY ENDS & EVERYTHING AS YOU KNOW IT, STARTS WINDING SLOWLY DOWN & LIFE AS YOU KNOW IT GOES BACK TO NORMAL — THIS OF COURSE IS TOTALLY IRRELEVANT, IF YOU EXPERIENCED SOMETHING RESEMBLING A CORONARY A LITTLE EARLIER WHEN YOU FINALLY HIT YOU THAT YOU WERE AT YOUR VERY 1ST LASALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL VS ST JOSEPH’S PREP YEARLY FOOTBALL GAME – THE 100++ PLUS MEETING!!!