Culbertson is located along US2, which is called the Hi-Line. A title coterminus with the rail line that follows the same route whose name derives the highway’s title. The high school sits in the middle of town along US2, while the city park, C-C Field, sits across the sstreet to the north. Also in the center of town is a gas station and two restaurants. One being the Wild West Diner sitting right next to, and sharing a lot, with Scoops. Though, for the Labor Day weekend, the diner was closed. But Scoops, a burger and ice cream stand was open and quite packed.

The stadium itself is part of the park. The football field is to the west, while the baseball and softball fields are butted against the eastern edge and backed against route 16 from Plentywood, and the corner of US 2. Also, there is a small playground and the lone restrooms of the entire facility are to the far eastern edge of the park.

The stands for the home side are new, elevated, and very tight to the sideline. Very little space between the sideline and the fencing of the stands. A gravel track surrounds the field and behind the stands. An old concession stand sits behind the track against the outer fence of the facility.

After the junior high game ended with the homeside winning, 50-20, the two teams assembled to get ready for their game. Fairview, the Warriors, were defending C-8 champions. Fairview, like Westby, sits right on the border of North Dakota along SR 200. The town sits squarely in the oil patch and booming like the other towns in the area.

Unfortunately my choice of games had not proven competitive. Unlike the junior high game, Fairview had no trouble scoring points. A touchdown, a fumbled kickoff leading to another touchdown, a turnover leading to yet another touchdown and one more after an interception made it 26-0 after the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Culbertson managed some bit of offense to hold the ball and Fairview only scored once. A two-point conversion left them one point away from a running clock at the half. But, two more touchdowns got the running clock underway and a scoreless fourth quarter finished with Culberston desparately trying to score as the clock ran out deep in the redzone. Fairview 48, Culbertson 0.