Thanksgiving Trivia Time

The Thanksgiving Day football rivalry between Warde and Ludlowe high schools dates back to our years at Andrew Warde High School. However, yesteryear's Crimson Eagles and Flying Tigers have been replaced by today's Mustangs and Falcons.

We'll never forget Warde's two gridiron victories over the rival Flying Tigers during our senior year in 1975. That marked the only time either high school won both games against its town rival in the same season.

Although the current series is squared at one game apiece, the Warde Eagles/Mustangs lead the overall Thanksgiving Day series against the Ludlowe Tigers/Falcons, 8-4.

However, Andrew Warde High School didn't always play Roger Ludlowe High School on Thanksgiving Day. In fact, Ludlowe developed a long and storied traditional rivalry with Bassick High School in Bridgeport long before Warde opened. That rivalry continued even after Ludlowe Coach Fern Tetreau moved cross-town to develop the fledgling Crimson Eagles' program when the Melville Avenue school opened in 1956.

While Ludlowe continued to play Bassick each Thanksgiving morning, Andrew Warde High School started a rivalry with another neighboring school which began in 1968 and ended in 1974. Which school was Warde's first Thanksgiving Day rival?

The first person to email the correct answer to me will receive an Andrew Warde High School hooded sweatshirt from our gift shop. Please note that 30-year reunion committee members are exempt from this contest. My email address is pppiorek@news12.com.

Good luck, and Happy Thanksgiving! Go, Crimson Eagles --- er --- Mustangs!

Paul

Please sign the AWHS Class of 1976 Guest Book.

Visit the Andrew Warde High School Gift Shop.

Watch the AWHS 1976 vintage "film."