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Source: The Kenbridge-Victoria Dispatch

For the third time in five years, the Central-Lunenburg Chargers have completed a perfect 10-0 regular season. They managed to wrap it up with a 34-0 shutout of Amelia on the first Friday night of November, one that won’t be forgotten any time soon given the strange elements that were involved. Dense fog rolled through around intermission and made for an interesting view of the second half. “It was so crazy when we came back from half-time, I couldn’t see the yard markers. I didn’t know what down it was,” admitted Will Thomas, Lunenburg’s longtime coach. “I didn’t know how far we had to go and my guys up top were even saying, ‘Coach, we can’t see anything.’ You couldn’t even see the coolers on our side. You could see the scoreboard and that was about it. It was just odd how fast and how thick it was.” The game evoked memories of the 1988 NFL playoff game between the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles, dubbed the infamous “Fog Bowl.” “I was a Bears fan at that time.

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