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2018 Week 4 (Maryland & Indiana)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Week 4 was an interesting confluence of things. I had been planning, for months, to travel to Muncie, Indiana for the four CIC Day at Ball State games. The Central Indiana Conference (and the Tri-Eastern Conference) have held, sporadically, a weekend of conference games at one Ball State. This year, Week 1 hosted the TEC Day, and Week 4 hosted the CIC Day.<\/p>\n

However, getting to Muncie for a 10am game meant either a real early morning drive OR heading over Friday night. Which meant finding a Friday night game close by. I originally planned, preliminarily, to see the Coldwater-Minster MAC game. However, it still seemed a bit too far of a drive. And instead, I started looking around Muncie.<\/p>\n

But, before I could commit to a Friday game. There was Thursday.<\/p>\n

Mercyhurst Prep v. Titusville, Canton Central Catholic (OH) v. St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Marys (WV) v. Ritchie County and the PIttsburgh City League’s Thursday game were all on the table. Having not visited CCC’s stadium before, it was an easy option. Even if calpreps was projecting the Crusaders as 50-0 favorites.<\/p>\n

But, along came the weather. A forecast of rain, wind, and thunderstorms for Maryland on Friday thanks to the impacts of Hurricane Florence meant the state, almost entirely, switched from Friday to Thursday. But, that’s a bit of a drive. So, Fort Hill was hosting Baltimore Lewis…. which was an even bigger blowout than CCC-STA.<\/p>\n

But, a 5pm kickoff on Thursday meant getting home at a decent time. But, then I started looking far west for whatever games I could find. Northern Garrett was hosting Clear Spring at 6:30 and Southern Garrett was hosting Catoctin at 6pm. Garrett County was the furthest west you could travel in the Maryland panhandle. After some quick research on Thursday morning, I decided Northern Garrett, located in the cleverly named town of Accident, would be where I’d set my sites.<\/p>\n

A three hour drive got me there about an hour before game time.<\/p>\n

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Northern Garrett v. Clear Spring at Half Mile High Stadium in Accident, Maryland. #22 @GarrettCoSports<\/a> @PaFootballNews<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/6B2HcHoD88<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sykotyk (@Sykotyk) September 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n