Sneak Peek - St. Joe at Lakeshore
The marquee game for next Friday is obviously St. Joseph (5-0) at Lakeshore (5-0)
This is the first time EVER that St. Joe and Lakeshore will enter the game undefeated.
Now, it's a little hard to believe that with the history of these two programs that the Bears and Lancers have never been both unbeaten this late in the season going into this game.
Out of the 45 meetings between the Bears and Lancers, 25 of those games were played the first week of the season. From the start of the series in 1961 through 1982 it was always the first game. There was no game in 1983. In 1984 it was in week 1 once again.
Then from 1985-1988 the Bears and Lancers didn't play.
The series resumed again in 1989 where it was played in week 9 up until 1998.
It was back to the first week in 1999 and 2000. Then when Lakeshore joined the Big 16 conference in 2001, the Bears and Lancers met in either weeks 6 or 7.
In those previous 45 games, they have NEVER come into the game unbeaten. The closest was last year when St. Joe was 5-0 and Lakeshore was 4-1.
We will be talking about this game all week long.
Here's what I have planned.
Monday... A look at the history of the St. Joe Lakeshore Rivalry game.
Tuesday... A look at the two games played a season ago.
Wednesday... Looking at the Bears.
Thursday... Looking at the Lancers.
Friday... A breakdown of the game.
TICKETS FOR THE GAME
Tickets are $5 each and will be sold on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 7:30am-3:30pm in both the Lakeshore and St. Joe athletic department offices. Gates will open at 6PM on Friday, blankets will NOT be allowed before the game. If you bring your blanket to stake out your spot, you won't have a blanket, and even worse... you wont have a seat either. And Lakeshore Athletic Director Jim Sanford will probably be giving out blankets, slightly used of course, as Christmas gifts this season.
