Cross Town Rivals by Alan Maher   In the winter I live in Palm Beach County Florida. I do not live in Palm Beach proper where people put on heirs, but the county. We have a nice city called Lake Worth which is near Palm Beach.   In the city are two private schools called Christian Academies. They play each other in basket ball. I am writing all of this in my concern for sportsmanship, not specifically basketball. Follow me on this.   The local paper is called The Palm Beach Post. A reporter interviewed the athletic director of each school and each had basically the same thing to say about the rival school.   We hate them and they hate us.   I might add that the paper said that many of the players went to the same church!   Christian Academies. We hate them and they hate us.   I have coached high school soccer for many a year. We had many rivals over the years. Tough games. Brutal games.   When somebody asked me how I felt about such and such team I had a simple answer. We love to play them; we always learn something and gain by the experience.   And we did.   We learned sportsmanship and how to deal with a bitter opponent. It was a very positive experience. It was always a good learning experience. We shook hands at the end and said, wait until next year!   We loved it. We loved hard and gritty games. We wanted to play the best and try to beat them. It was even better when we did beat them. We did not want to play in a division of teams that were easy to beat. There was no learning from such an experience. We wanted our players to learn and get better. We wanted hard games.   But there was no hate; there was love of the game. Love not hate.   If I had my way I would fire any athletic director who said we hate them and they hate us. High school scholastic athletics?  Is there room for hate? Give me a break!