Biggest HS Rivalry, All Classes?

[Bullaholic]

What is the biggest HS sports rivalry in Texas, including all classes and sports? Hard to determine for the lower classes because of the finite area of interest and similar crowd sizes.

[mustang04]

all sports..that too broad, but in football, i say in no order

Midland Lee and Odessa Permian
Sweetwater and snyder
Abilene high and Abilene cooper

[CheerMom]

In 4a, El Campo and Bay City. The mascots even got into a fight at a game a few years back.

[NateDawg39]

Decatur vs. Bridgeport- about 95 years worth of battles

[Bullaholic]

Doing these from memory, so bear with me---


SLC-Denton-Ryan?
Highland Park-Ennis?
Stephenville-Brownwood?
Texas City-LaMarque?
Longview-Lufkin?

I need 3AFan in here to set me "straight".....

[Bullaholic]

Originally posted by NateDawg39
Decatur vs. Bridgeport- about 95 years worth of battles

Big stuff in our backyard and a couple of others, Nate---but, statewide appeal?

[NateDawg39]

Hey Bullaholic.dont leave out the Big Sandy. Its got a lot of hype every year and we even got some national headlines before. I read where its ranked as the second or third oldest rivalry in Texas. The attendance is avg. of 8,000 to 10,000. Thats just from what i read and what i see. I think thats pretty good for 3A schools. but in all, I would consider the Abilene schools to have the biggest of all.

[Bullaholic]

Originally posted by NateDawg39
Hey Bullaholic.dont leave out the Big Sandy. Its got a lot of hype every year and we even got some national headlines before. I read where its ranked as the second or third oldest rivalry in Texas. The attendance is avg. of 8,000 to 10,000. Thats just from what i read and what i see. I think thats pretty good for 3A schools. but in all, I would consider the Abilene schools to have the biggest of all.

Not selling the "Big Sandy" short, Nate---I just don't want to be a "homer" on this one. I would like to find those games in those sports in the state that are considered to be "mini-NC-Dooks or UT-OU's" by fans whose home teams may not be involved in a "big" rivalry, but who know or have interest in another contest of huge appeal.

[lostaussie]

Originally posted by Bullaholic
Doing these from memory, so bear with me---


Longview-Lufkin?

definately a big one. not being in the same district now hurts, but they did play a huge playoff game last year at sfa.

[3afan]

obviously this question is an impossible one to answer ... best rivalry in all classes in all sports?

How 'bout some good ones in the big 2 sports::

FOOTBALL
Killeen-Temple
Nederland-PNG
Lufkin-Nacogdoches
Sherman-Denison
Ennis-Corsicana

HOOPS
Lincoln-SOC
East Central-Sam Houston
Central Heights-Woden
Hastings-Elsik
Fairfield-Mexia

who's to say these 10 rivalries are the 10 best? heck, they may not even be in the top 100! 200!

factor in the over 1300 HSs and rampant homerism and there's just no way. suffice to say there's a bunch of great rivalries.

[Bullaholic]

Thanks, 3AFan---I knew I could count on you for some solid info. That's the kind of stuff I was looking for---I've kind of "lost touch" with the rivalries in some of the other sports and even some of the "emerging" ones in football.

[Dogman]

Rockdale vs Cameron

If you have never been there you've missed out.......


The Streak Continues.........................

[lostaussie]

good reply. i could start in 5a and go all the way to 1a in east texas and come up with some tremendous matchups. some years you win and some years you lose.

[RoTexRider3]

Originally posted by Bullaholic

SLC-Denton-Ryan?



I think this is the biggest rival also! Or Cuero and Sinton!

[Gobbla2001]

Originally posted by CheerMom
In 4a, El Campo and Bay City. The mascots even got into a fight at a game a few years back.

Last year the whole team almost got into a fight, two actually did, 15 minute delay, the coaches looked like they wanted to go after each other...

This year I saw 3 come close to happening, but the refs and coaches did a great job of calling the dogs off...

the first HS football game every played was El Campo/Bay City, luckily the last two years this game has been playing during Cuero's off-week... close games...

[Snyder_TigerFan]

Originally posted by Bullaholic
SLC-Denton-Ryan?


You probably already know, but they are playing tomorrow night on FSN.

[NateDawg39]

Sorry i just felt like saying this but. My junior year in Decatur we played Arlington Heights, I think there was a total of 4 fights on the field before they called the game. It was only a scrimmage but i think it would be fun to schedule with them. We could make a rivalry out of it... we won by the way!:D

[3afan]

Originally posted by Snyder_TigerFan
You probably already know, but they are playing tomorrow night on FSN.

yes, will be taped for me, at least it better be !!!!! but best rivalry in the state? Ryan has only been open - what - 10-12 years? and they have plaved 4-5-6 times? maybe more. anyway, yes its developing into a very good rivalry but not quite best in the state in all sports .... IMO of course

[TheInfamousIt24]

Beaumont Westbrook vs Beaumont Central
Baytown Lee vs Baytown Sterling
La Porte vs Deer Park
Palacios vs Tidhaven
La Grange vs Giddings
Manor vs Elgin
Clear Lake vs Clear Creek
La Marque vs Galveston Ball
La Marque vs Texas City
Westlake vs Austin High

[piratebg]

30-3AAA Ingleside vs Aransas Pass

31-4AAAA Calallen vs Gregory-Portland(Battle of the Wildcats)

4A Gregory-Portland vs 5A Corpus Christi Carol(Battle of the Bridge)

3A Sinton vs 4A Gregory-Portland(Battle of 181)

3A Sinton vs 2A Taft(60+ year history between the two)

[WOS92]

Port Neches-Groves vs. Nederland (Mid-County Madness)

[AggieJohn]

Originally posted by piratebg
30-3AAA Ingleside vs Aransas Pass

31-4AAAA Calallen vs Gregory-Portland(Battle of the Wildcats)

4A Gregory-Portland vs 5A Corpus Christi Carol(Battle of the Bridge)

3A Sinton vs 4A Gregory-Portland(Battle of 181)

3A Sinton vs 2A Taft(60+ year history between the two)

and to think that this was regionally biased...

[AP Panther Fan]

Originally posted by piratebg
30-3AAA Ingleside vs Aransas Pass

68 years of history between these two. Ingledinks vs Bayrats (terms of endearment).:D

Since 1938:

10 Did not play
11 No Record of Game
18 Wins by Ingleside
28 Wins by Aransas Pass
1 Tie

[Cameronbystander]

Buckholts v Oglesby

THIS YEAR THERE WERE 15 PERSONAL FOULS CALLED AND TWO YEARS AGO A KNIFE FIGHT ON THE FIELD AFTER THE GAME. SIX MAN FOOTBALL IS BRUTAL.