Dear Editor,
Re: “Boyd goes on the defensive to knock off No. 1 ranked Seaquam,” Sports, Oct. 26.
Back in the 1970s, gridiron football was a sport to be reckoned with in Richmond high school sports. So, it’s good to see, 40 years later, the Hugh Boyd Trojans do so well.
Boyd was a junior high school when I was in senior high, (1974 – 75) so it didn’t partake in the famous, simmering rivalry of Richmond Colt-Steveston Packer lore. I can vividly remember coach McKittrick doing his utmost to make the game and our Colts, fair, entertaining, “but kick it!! And win!”
I can remember rooting on the sidelines, going bananas, covering for the Richmond High School annual sports section, to pound the Packers, which both teams did to each other in wild fashion, for 20-30 years. It was a sports spectator spectacle.
Now, with Richmond’s ever-changing landscape and lifestyle, Hugh Boyd secondary is now kicking it!
And, like coach McKittrick would say, “well done, gentlemen!”
Samuel John Lackner
Richmond
