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Watch 8A Football Playoffs Live: Marist vs. Bolingbrook

Second-round 8A football playoff matchup pits private-vs.-public in battle of perennial powerhouses.

East Suburban Catholic Conference power vs. Southwest Suburban Blue kingpin.

Now, it gets interesting.

Chicago Marist (7-3) faces Bolingbrook (10-0) in a matchup of private-vs.-public in the second round of the Class 8A football playoffs.

Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Friday at Bolingbrook High School. And you can watch all the action live streaming here, via a feed from HighSchoolCube.

The Raiders are coming off a 48-12 victory over Chicago Heights Bloom. Marist ousted Plainfield South 64-28. The game figures to be a classic battle of offense vs. defense, too.

Bolingbrook has pitched two shutouts and allows an average of 6.7 points. Marist has scored 50 or more points twice and averages 42.3 points per game.

-By Ron Kremer 


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