This week in Blade sports 10, 20, and 30 years ago, Toledo and Bowling Green resumed their I-75 rivalry. The Rockets also lost a stunner and a beloved running back, while the Falcons lost at home to a future first-round NFL quarterback. In high school football, a couple now-defunct City League teams notched big wins. And finally, The Blade held its annual downtown road race.
u25a0 Sept. 24, 1988: Macmen prevail, bump Irish — Lady Luck, it’s been said, rode shotgun for Central Catholic on days when the Irish met the Macomber football team. But not this time.