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Article: OLD MASSACHUSETTS RIVALS RATCHET UP SU VS. BC; FERRI'S DISLIKE OF EAGLES STEMS FROM PREP DAYS OF FACING CURRENT BC STAR KNIGHT.(Sports)

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The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
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October 16, 2003
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Byline: Dave Rahme Staff writer

Diamond Ferri warns anyone within earshot that this is much deeper than a Boston College-Syracuse grudge. His distaste for the Eagles, or at least some of them, can be traced to a bitter high school football rivalry in his home state of Massachusetts.

Ferri, a junior who will start at strong safety for the Orangemen (3-2) when BC (4-2) visits the Carrier Dome at noon Saturday, scored 54 touchdowns and rushed for 4,500 yards during three seasons as a tailback for Everett High School.

One of the public school's rivals was parochial school Xaverian Brothers, which produced current BC players Derrick Knight, Peter ...

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