62_80_47_Woo;562249 wrote:Another positive point of fact....... Orrville fan can and will strike the claim each year to Red Rider Tradition.... You walk in that school you can feel it in the air, you can see it in the students eyes and you can view it in the trophy cases.... and yes you can even smell it down by the locker rooms...
Tradition starts somewhere...... Orrvilles started many moon ago.. Genoas seems to have started 3ish years ago. I hope your community sees that and can keep it pumping.........
When I was a wee lad of 7-8 I knew I was a Rider. It was something that was very strong across the elementary schools. even though we weren't on the field or on the courts or mats... we knew without question we were RED RIDERS........
Has the Comet pride filtered into your K-8 grades?
Football has always had a great tradition and following at Genoa at all levels. Our peewee and middle school programs always have a good number of kids and usually finish with very good records. Genoa has had very good HS teams in the past, but were never quite able to break into the region top 4 for a play-off spot. The mid 90s to mid-00's were (with a few exceptions) kind of a lost decade with a lot of turn-over in coaches - something that can effectively clobber just about any program.
When it comes down to it, these two football programs, schools, and communities probably have a lot more in common re. sportsmanship, pride, work ethic, etc. than we are usually willing to admit.
(Wow - who ever would have thought a year ago we'd actually be having a civil discussion between Comets and Red Riders?)
