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Inside the historic LaCueva vs Eldorado rivalry

Inside the historic LaCueva vs Eldorado rivalry
DYGIN -- THE RUNDOWN." A COUPLE THURSDAY NIGHT GAMES HAPPENING THIS WEEK, IN CASE YOU MISSED IT A BIG RIVALRY MATCHUP BETWEEN ELDORADO AND LA CUEVA, LA CUEVA IN WHITE, GETS GOING EARLY, GABRIEL BUIE COMING YOUR WAY, GREAT BLOCKING, 19-YARD T.D. BEAROFS F AND RUNNING. NOT MANY HIGHLIGHTS FOR ETH MARK PACHECO PICKS OFF AENID ARMENTA BUT THEY DON’T TURN IT INTO POIS.NT POINTS ARE HARD TO COME BY. ALL LA CUEVA, ARMENTA 30-YARD RAINBOW TO EXODUS ERAY LA CUEVA ALL OVER ELDORADO41, . BOTH TEAMS HAD YESTERDAY’S RIVALRY GAME CIRCLED ON THEIR CALENDARS. ANGEL SALCEDO SPOKE TO THEM ON GAME DAY HE TAKEINS SIDE THE LA CUEVA, ELDORADO MATCHUP. ANGEL: THIS KIND OF PASSION AND EXCITEMENT COMES ONCE EVERY REGULAR SEASON FOR THE LA CUEVA BEARS AND ELDORADO EAGLES AND THEY HAVE HISTY.OR >> IN 1987, ELDORADO KIDS WERE GIVEN THE CHOICE TO EITHER -- JUNIORS WERE GIVEN THE CHOICE TO STAY AT ELDORADO OR START A NEW SCHOOL AT LA CUEVA. SO THAT’S KIND OF WHEN THE RIVALRY STARTED. ANGEL: IT’S BEEN GOING STRONG EVER SINCE. >> THERE’S A LOT OF HYPE, AND THERE’S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT. ANGEL: COACH DOTSON AND COACH BACK HAVE GONE HEAD TO HEAD IN THIS RIVALRY FOR YEARS. >> IT’S MY 15TH YEAR AS THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH. >> THIS IS MY 9TH YEAR AS THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH. THIS ONE TIME A YEAR. THIS IS WHERE WE GET AFTERT. I OUR TEAMS GET AFTER IT, OUR SCHOOLGES T AFTER IT, OUR COMMUNITIES GET AFTER IT. ANGEL: BUT IT MEANS EVEN MORTOE THE PLAYERS. >> JUNIOR YEAR WE FINALLY BEAT THEM AND IT WAS AWESOME AND LAL I WANT IS TO BEAT HIM AGAIN THIS YEAR. >> I THINK LAST YEAR WAS A HICCUP AND THIS YEAR, WE’RE COMING WITH A WHOLE DIFFERENT MENTALITY. ANGEL: THE TRADITION BEHIND ETH GAME IS WHAT KEEPS THE RIVALRY PUMPING. EACH AND EVERY YEAR. >> I GREW UP WATCHING THIS GAME MY WHOLE ENTIRE CHILDHOOD SO IT’S JUST A BIG DEAL AND I THINK THATNY ATIME YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF TRADITION, IT’S JUST A BEDSRE LIKE COMPETITION. >> THIS IS THE GAME THAT WE NE TO BE READY FOR, IF ALL ELSE FAILS, WE WANT TO WIN THIS GAME NOW. ANGEL: ALL THE PREPARATION IS FOR WHAT COMES AFTER THOSE 48 MINUTES ON THE FIELD. >> WHEN YOU BEAT YOUR RIVAL THAT YOU GET TO TALK ABOUT IT FOR A YEAR AND THE KIDS GET TO TALK ABOUT FITOR A YEAR. ANGEL: BUT AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE NOTHING BUT RESPECT TWEEBEN THE PLAYER--S >> YOU KNOW, WE’RE ALL KIDS AND IT’S JUST A RIVAL WEEK GAME IN THENE ANGEL: AND COACHES. >> FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND GET A VICTORY ON A GUY THAT YOU RESPECT AS MUCH AS I DO WITH COACH DOTSON, I THINK THAT FEELS REALLY GOOD FOR ME. >> NO MATTER IF THEY BEAT US, THEY WHEN YOU SHAKE ME SKEHA THEIR HANDS AT THE END OF THE GAME. ANGEL: ANGEL SALCEDO
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Inside the historic LaCueva vs Eldorado rivalry
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