On October 26th, 2006 the Cape Elizabeth Capers departed on the longest 2-hour drive of their life. They ascended to face their biggest opponent of the season. That is the powerhouse team up in Rumford called the Mountain Valley Falcons. The film The Rivals states that the Falcons had made it to the Western Maine Championship 13 times in the last 16 years. Both teams were on a quest for an undefeated season and tonight was their last regular season game. The last place the Capers wanted to play at was in the stinky old mill town of Rumford where fans wore their hearts on their sleeve. Ol’ Pauline Wilson was known throughout the town for her obnoxious sounding cowbell at the games and for spending her free time at Roxbury beach without a top
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If you didn’t play sports in Rumford, you were not going to have much fun. Students aspired to leave town, but often remained after graduating. Cape students on the other hand had expectations to attend Ivy League colleges to become, doctors or lawyers, or business owners. Growing up in Rumford means that your father was a paper maker and his father probably was too. Players from Rumford never missed practice because they didn’t have a job or anything else to do. In the film The Rivals coach Aaron Filieo said that the hardest part about coaching Cape was getting kids to come to practice because they were so involved in other activities. Part of the reason for that was because Cape came from one of the richest communities in Maine. Rumford however, wasn’t so blessed. According to William Stewart the median household income from someone from Cape was $72,359 in 2000. City-Data.com states that Rumford only reached a measly median income of $24,938 in 2000.
Cape came with something to prove. They were here to show these farm boys from Mountain Valley that these rich kids from Cape knew how to play football. According to the film The Rivals, up to that date Mountain Valley had outscored their opponents 325-14. But Cape was fired up. Before the game a Cape player motivated his team by saying something Mountain Valley fans would never forget for years to come. He hollered, “All these
If you didn’t play sports in Rumford, you were not going to have much fun. Students aspired to leave town, but often remained after graduating. Cape students on the other hand had expectations to attend Ivy League colleges to become, doctors or lawyers, or business owners. Growing up in Rumford means that your father was a paper maker and his father probably was too. Players from Rumford never missed practice because they didn’t have a job or anything else to do. In the film The Rivals coach Aaron Filieo said that the hardest part about coaching Cape was getting kids to come to practice because they were so involved in other activities. Part of the reason for that was because Cape came from one of the richest communities in Maine. Rumford however, wasn’t so blessed. According to William Stewart the median household income from someone from Cape was $72,359 in 2000. City-Data.com states that Rumford only reached a measly median income of $24,938 in 2000.
Cape came with something to prove. They were here to show these farm boys from Mountain Valley that these rich kids from Cape knew how to play football. According to the film The Rivals, up to that date Mountain Valley had outscored their opponents 325-14. But Cape was fired up. Before the game a Cape player motivated his team by saying something Mountain Valley fans would never forget for years to come. He hollered, “All these