The Fort Hill varsity football game at Archbishop Curley field situation is finally set. The game will be played as planned on Thursday, October 1 at 7:00 pm. The field will be the Archbishop Curley Field directly next to their school. They will be using portable stadium lights. This is something Curley does 2-3 times a year. Their game tomorrow against Loyola Blakefield will also be at the same field with the same portable lights.
They have a very nice natural grass field and I am told they have the space to accommodate the fans.
We tried to get another field location such as Calvert Hall Stadium among many, many other options but could not find one open free of charge. The reason we looked elsewhere was to avoid having them pay for the portable lights.
For the record, as I have been asked this many times...why play Thursday?
Curley made this a bye week on purpose originally. They have coaches who already had made travel plans for that Friday. They didn't need a game and FH was pretty much at their mercy when the Avalon game was cancelled. So Curley said they would play but could only do so at their home place on a Thursday. While not locked 100% in stone, it looks like Curley will return the game to Cumberland next year. But still working those things out.
Also, the Clearfield, South Hagerstown and Sherando contracts are two year home-and-home deals.
They have a very nice natural grass field and I am told they have the space to accommodate the fans.
We tried to get another field location such as Calvert Hall Stadium among many, many other options but could not find one open free of charge. The reason we looked elsewhere was to avoid having them pay for the portable lights.
For the record, as I have been asked this many times...why play Thursday?
Curley made this a bye week on purpose originally. They have coaches who already had made travel plans for that Friday. They didn't need a game and FH was pretty much at their mercy when the Avalon game was cancelled. So Curley said they would play but could only do so at their home place on a Thursday. While not locked 100% in stone, it looks like Curley will return the game to Cumberland next year. But still working those things out.
Also, the Clearfield, South Hagerstown and Sherando contracts are two year home-and-home deals.
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