In West Virginia, more than 50 high school football games are scheduled for Oct. 31. Martinsburg city manager Mark Baldwin said police already committed to staffing football games didn't want to be stretched thin by watching out for trick-or-treaters on the same night. Benn-Miller also has to figure out how to drop her high school-age son and his girlfriend off at the dance and still take her grandchildren trick-or-treating. In Lorain County, Ohio, west of Cleveland, a group that coordinates countywide issues recommended that Halloween be moved to Oct.