From their founding, the Massachusetts communities of Leominster
and Fitchburg have shared the same river. More than that, they have
long shared a special football competition that has sometimes
spilled beyond the field. In A Game That Forged Rivals, author and
historian Mark Bodanza captures the human drama of one of the
nation's oldest football rivalries; the high schools of Leominster
and Fitchburg have met on the gridiron for 114 years.
This long-standing competition has weathered many challenges,
including major developments in the sport, wars, economic turmoil,
an epidemic, and technological and social change not imagined when
the teams first met in 1894. Through all the years and contests,
thousands of athletes have competed for pride and a belief that
this game was the pinnacle of their football days. A Game That
Forged Rivals shares the stories, dramatic clashes, and challenges
that tested these young men both on and off the field.
Compiled from newspaper articles, school yearbooks, game
programs, eyewitness accounts, letters, photos, and archival
records, A Game That Forged Rivals not only chronicles the
development of football from its earliest days, but also tells the
story of two communities that saw, in football, a way to grasp
civic pride.
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