5th Quarter a fun, post-game event for teens

Out of the darkness, hundreds of teenagers emerge and amble across the roadway, well-lit by temporary lights mounted on metal towers.

Some nighttime drivers on College Parkway on the Broadneck Peninsula are startled when stopped by traffic police at the intersection of Green Holly Drive.

Where would all those teenagers be heading at 9 p.m. on a weekend night?

To 5th Quarter, of course. It's a Broadneck High School tradition.

Each fall, after Broadneck High's evening home football games, the kids troop across the wide parkway to Broadneck Park. Under the field lights, on a broad tabletop field used by...