Steve Fainer over at the NVL Football Blogosphere is sharing a great find with the Valley this morning: CoachesAid.com
The site has a well-written and researched story titled “Derby, Ansonia to renew once storied rivalry.”
With the risk of entering the recent “aggregation“ scandal engulfing the state press, here’s a glimpse of the article’s first paragraph:
- DERBY — The long-standing football rivalry between Ansonia and Derby used to embody everything that makes the Naugatuck Valley a unique place – two neighboring, blue-collar communities, rabid fan bases and players who are foes on the field but friends off it. *
It’s a shame that Ansonia and Seymour don’t also play Shelton.
The kids, players and students; don’t know what they’re missing.
Those were always GREAT rivalry games.
Instead of playing valley teams 10 minutes away, Shelton goes to Middletown and Madison to play games.