Catawba wants to keep Mayor's Cup from Livingstone

SALISBURY, North Carolina — It wasn’t the standard early September football press conference.

Not with Salisbury mayor Paul Woods on hand to sample the buffet at Ryan’s. Not with the towering, gleaming, freshly polished Mayor’s Cup trophy conspicuously standing on the floor.

And and not with athletic directors and sports information directors from two Salisbury colleges packed into a banquet room along with a pair of head coaches and five athletes — three Blue Bears and two Indians.

After a one-year-hiatus in their annual get-togethers, Catawba and Livingstone will clash for the 13th time on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Shuford Stadium. The Mayor’s Cup will again be at stake.

“We’re very anxious to play Catawba,” Livingstone’s All-CIAA linebacker Tyheim Pitt said. “There’s always that feud for bragging rights. It’s a good rivalry and may the best team win.”

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