Sussex had terrible fans as a whole, I'm talking about the group behavior not a few individual idiots.
I was standing by the fence at Bullitt and a couple of older gentlemen approached me and asked if I was from "Powell Valley"? I told them I was and they informed me they were from a town whose school was a rival of Sussex. They said they had traveled that entire distance in the faint hope of seeing Sussex lose. They asked me if I thought PV had any chance. I told them that I felt very confident. Near the end of the game they sought me out again and they were soooooo happy, they were so excited to see Sussex lose that it was almost comical.
It was my opinion that both Sussex players and Sussex fans had lacked class and sportsmanship to a degree that I personally had never seen before so I could sort of understand their reaction. I think it was doubly satisfying to them because PV had beat them physically pretty badly as well as on the scoreboard.
They did have an absolutely fantastic band though.
By contrast I was at all three Games against Lunenburg and I thought their players and especially their fans showed excellent sportsmanship.





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