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October 20, 2007
Paying homage

Scott Descoteaux turned to a higher power in preparation for Saturday's annual "Battle of the Bridge."

After a 20-14 overtime loss to Thornton, the first-year Biddeford football coach reached into the pocket of his khaki shorts and took out a small chunk of grass and earth, taken from the grave site of Mike Landry.

Landry, the legendary Biddeford football coach, died in December of 2006 after a two-year battle with skin cancer. Descoteaux played for Landry from 1989 to 1991.

"This is from the top of his grave, from this morning," Descoteaux said. "I saw Mrs. Landry today, she was wearing his sweater, I asked her if I could wear the sweater. I gave her a big hug and I stroked the shoulder of that sweater as many times as I could.

"I think Coach is up there, smiling at the effort he saw of the kids in their orange helmets. We call it 'Tiger Pride.' I know Coach is up there smiling, in terms of what he saw, the kids playing with Tiger Pride."

Posted at 07:58 PM

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Rachel,

I was wondering if you could provide more information surrounding the history of this match-up. Which game was the original battle of the bridge. South Portland vs. Portland or t.a. vs. Biddeford. Also, what bridge connects biddeford and Saco?

Posted by Josh
November 1, 2007 01:05 PM

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Rachel is in her fourth year as a sports reporter at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. A Maryland native and a former college soccer and softball player, she covered high school and college sports at newspapers in Pennsylvania, Texas and Colorado before joining the Press Herald/Sunday Telegram staff in June of 2004.

She grew up watching the NHL, the Pittsburgh Steelers, Georgetown basketball and the Baltimore Orioles and is a confessed sports nut. Her interests include reading and movies, going to the gym, Motown and '70s R&B music and following the New York City tabloids.

Married in July, she and her husband Tommy are avid Steelers and Kansas Jayhawks fans. Their toughest decision as newlyweds has been "NESN or ESPN?"



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