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Re: Confirmed New Districts for 2015?

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Originally Posted by P.J. View Post
Before Escanaba got a district this year, most teams in the UP had a 6 or 7 hour drive just to get to their nearest event in Traverse City. Then if I'm remembering correctly many of these teams used the Western Michigan district (in the Grand Rapids area) as their second event, which is an 8 or 9 hour drive. If they wanted to do a Detroit area event we're talking upwards of 10 hours. So while it isn't fun, it is possible.
I will note that the 6-7 hours really only applies to the western UP (857, 2153, 2586) - Escanaba, the Soo, Marquette are closer to TC. Before districts, a popular choice for us was Milwaukee (~6 hr). Now, Duluth is ~4 hr.

Anyway, 857 has used as events in MI: TC+Troy, TC+GVSU (x2), TC+St. Joe, Esky+TC. Fun fact: we went to St. Joseph via MI->WI->IL->IN->MI.

And, MSC is 10+ hours (GMaps tells me it's less, but it's wrong especially if you ever have to stop).
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