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Sacred Heart played Nardin tonight. It's a big rivalry. Two catholic girls schools going toe to toe in basketball.  Our Kellie played for the Sharks a few years ago and our Julie is currently a junior there. Julie dislikes most sports but somehow signed up for indoor track this year. Sacred Heart had one track meet thus far this year and Julie had the largest cheering section there. Me and my big mouth and the rest of the family. I'm competitive...I've blogged about it before, so I won't bore you with it tonight. But rivalry is something I want to talk about tonight. How does it happen? Why does it happen? Is it good that it happens? And is the rivalry only amongst a select few. And, would the game that's  being played be less significant if it wasn't prefaced with the word rivalry. And does it change the outcome at all. It was a tough loss. It was a great victory. We tied. I suppose some could feel a tie as almost a victory, but for me, I'd rather lose. Except when I bet on a team. Then, the winner doesn't matter as much as which team covers the pointspread. This evening, before I left for the game, I was talking about it in my journal and how I was looking forward to seeing it. I said that I thought SHA was a much better team than Nardin, but you never know, when it comes down to rivalry...still, I think SHA will win by twelve. The final score 42-28. So, depending on how you bet the game, you could have been a winner or a loser and the whole notion of rivalry wouldn't even come into play. But, if you were like me, you wouldn't bet against your heart...you'd bet on the home team...and root like crazy that they win.