>> We are a day away from a huge high school football game and the rivalry is about as
decorated as they come up with
this morning students at Raines
and ribault got pumps with
dueling pep rallies.
>> A good day for the Vikings were showing off their stepping skills and as you see there.
The crowd. At that today.
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And just a few blocks away the revolt Trojans chairing team hyped up a
crowd there as well they came
thick enough to mark 2 o’clock.
>> You know there’s a rich history when it comes to the 2 football programs and his
former players will tell you is
really more in just a normal
game.
>> Well thanks a lot of football game in Jacksonville. Well in this game here that’s
one of the
biggest games in the friend has
to think that uh is this a
blessing that we get experience
that at that level if you’re
coming to the game you don’t
already have a ticket. It’s
probably not going to get it.
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Anything is unbelievable this.
Hi for the students in the
building and alumni community
is just a high
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into friend, beginning to the
>> Just the
>> them talking about how big
this game would be at that time
for us and honestly you really get caught up in to us and how many people come to support the
community in a game.
♪
Is everything I mean
the I don’t know how far away
we are important and the
community the soul and a lot to
me a lot of us grew up playing
with each other a lot of us
brought grow up going to some
of the Salem into schools.
>> On this up until you get the
hospital you get that about a
middle school. So you have that
relationship with
people that on you know you see
them all the time that passed
with the grocery store
together.
We play you play that same part
to play tackle football
together
the parts and to have out that
some of the biggest those same
kids were with and this
community and understand that.
Parents went to a school that
had probably went to the House
with my family. So my family
with that went to the House
key. So it’s just one of those
things where is this just about
the low one for the day
and then the importance and the
camaraderie that it brings the
community because you can’t get
this and nothing else
uh and this is you had causes
is they proved. Relatives
all that we’re going back
and forth about who were we
were last time you were this
time.
>> And then with the crowds
could be
but now well there in each of
those neighborhoods could be
argued we’ve all the
neighborhood coming to the
games of
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the rains or you a vice versa.
I would say what the school on the wrong side of the road. ♪
Where you had to do is just one 0.7 3 Mountain news be here with a luxury for the
privileged for the opportunity
to be a fight well there’s
nothing like it, I
♪
Even the pre game the others saying you have people coming up to doing free Gambia.
>> On.
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Trying to talk to you about how important this game is and how hard
you play. And I mean this is
exciting and you can put the
words into it, I mean all the
time you get to get to get the
same feeling.
Well I got it is when I played
college football, Florida State
versus Miami, a Florida State
versus Florida. And it gives
you that the college atmosphere
feel one instead of just how
important.
>> Well I’m personally
undefeated that it though and
if I
recount the scores in
games and me is probably like a
100 to probably 12 we did not
lose the
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one time.
Now is that people know that when they tell me about that be the last as we all can be done
without incident.
>> That.
>> It’s a great shame that
people who grew up in the
community or even to still live
in it can get together and
enjoy one. Another’s company
in a way that all with the
clear to the fund the more that
civil.
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civil. ♪ To be a learning experience
♪
for all. And it
represents too great
institutions and the famous
words add a job best is when
they just went.
>> But first time in
the games 50 year history.
You can watch the Northwest
classic right here live on
Channel 4 news 4 Jax dot com
as well, Cole pepper and former
Jaguar legend Kevin hearty
going to call the game from the
Reebok campus. The game
tomorrow scheduled at 2
o’clock. You can watch it right
here live on the local station.
Melanie my wife and I had the
opportunity last night to emcee
the gala
we got to see the principals
from both schools and you know
is a big fundraiser as well I
mean the history every bowl
versus rays. So rich we’re
talking about 1969 that was the
first time they played
and it’s really a store called
in to be able to watch the game
live here on Channel 4 well,
yeah, there’s only a handful of
teams that have gone at it year
after year for 50 years.
>> In the city and that’s it.
Yeah, it’s such a big one
because the schools are so