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Football games are events; they are destinations, mini vacations, they are Christmas and 4th of July wrapped into one. They are a community event and the topic of conversation for the entire week. During the game, fans, players and coaches experience the bucket list of emotions: excitement, fear, anger, determination, frustration, pleasure, thrills and in the end, ultimate satisfaction for one and devastating defeat for the other.

How important is a football game?

In 2002 the Washington area was terrorized by a sniper randomly shooting people at gas stations, schools, and parking lots. Every sport in the area was shut down and schools were paralyzed. Not football. Practice continued in people’s back yards under the watchful eyes of the parents. Our commissioner, Mark Meana, called the local Army base commander for help. The US Army allowed the parents and coaches to paint 16 fields on their parade ground and around the base. Under the watchful eye of armed soldiers and Army K9 units, the league played 240 games over the weekend. That’s how important football games are.

If a sniper can’t stop us, a little snow removal is no problem