In its 100th season, the Bellevue-Dayton football rivalry reaches Matchup No. 153 Friday at Dayton as the legendary “Battle for the Paddle” will kick off at 7 p.m. on the Dayton side of O’Fallon Avenue in a Class 1A District 3 matchup at the new Greendevil Stadium. It’s the first district game for both Bellevue (4-2) and Dayton (2-4) this season.

His is a series that dates back to 1926 when Bellevue won the inaugural game with Dayton coming back to win that season’s second game. The Tigers lead the series, played without a break since those 1926 games, 98-51-3. While the Louisville matchup between Male and Manual dates back to 1893, the two Louisville schools have played each other 140 games, 12 fewer than Bellevue and Dayton.

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