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  Speaker 1: Twenty twenty six season preview Scouting the Independence, written by
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  Speaker 1: Brian Hoxey and Joshua Welch. This article is being read
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  Speaker 1: Aurora Central Catholic Chargers coach Christian Rago twenty twenty five
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  Speaker 1: record eight three schedule August twenty first at Lyle August
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  Speaker 1: twenty ninth, Christ the King September fourth, Saint Bede September twelfth,
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  Speaker 1: Alton Marquette September eighteenth, Walter Christian September twenty fifth, Hayworth
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  Speaker 1: October second at Westmont October ninth, Burlington Central Catholic Whisk
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  Speaker 1: October sixteenth at moments Worth. Noting the Chargers last season
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  Speaker 1: made the programme's first playoff appearance since twenty sixteen, with
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  Speaker 1: the most wins since that twenty sixteen team, and even
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  Speaker 1: won a playoff game before a second round loss to
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  Speaker 1: Richmond Burton Aurora Central Catholic with three win. Teams from
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  Speaker 1: Wisconsin had one win over a team with a winning record,
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  Speaker 1: its first round win over Chicago Noble Runner. Top players
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  Speaker 1: for the Chargers include senior olb dB Aden Chriskey, senior Dee,
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  Speaker 1: Joey Arch, junior Dtigo Estrada, sophomore LBFB Billy Arch, and
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  Speaker 1: senior OLB LOSB Kyle Stanislow. Aurora Central Catholic opens its
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  Speaker 1: season at Leisel, which is back after not fielding a
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  Speaker 1: varsity team last year. Dwight Trojan's coach Luke Standifford. Twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five record eight to four overall, one to two
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  Speaker 1: Chicago on prairie schedule August twenty first at Foreston August
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  Speaker 1: twenty eighth. Versus Chicago Christian September fourth, at d MAC
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  Speaker 1: September eleventh, versus Oakwood September eighteenth, versus Seneca September twenty fifth,
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  Speaker 1: versus Saint Bede October second, versus Hayworth October ninth. At
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  Speaker 1: Marquette October sixteenth, versus Walter Christian Worth. Noting, the Trojans
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  Speaker 1: enter twenty twenty six on a three year playoff streak,
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  Speaker 1: their longest in program history. They've made it to the
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  Speaker 1: quarter five final round of the playoffs the last two years,
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  Speaker 1: a program first, with their first ever quarterfinal appearance coming
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  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four. Dwight will be senior led on
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  Speaker 1: offense by quarterback Colin Boschen one thy one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: seven yard seventeen touchdowns last season, running back Aiden Column
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  Speaker 1: nine hundred and twenty rushing yards and Joe Duffy three
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  Speaker 1: nineteen receiving yards sixt ds. The defense is expected to
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  Speaker 1: be led by four years starting senior d E Will
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  Speaker 1: Anderson forty two tackles six TFLs and junior DT Evan
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  Speaker 1: Olsen Marquette Crusader's coach, Drake Davis. Twenty twenty five records
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  Speaker 1: six' four overall two One Chicago Land Prairie Schedule august twenty.
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  Speaker 1: First Versus Aurora Christian august twenty, eighth At, Madison september,
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  Speaker 1: fourth At Tuscola september, eleventh Versus Leroy september, eighteenth At
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  Speaker 1: Saint Bede september twenty, fifth At Seneca october, second Versus
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  Speaker 1: Dacadur Saint terresa seven. Pm october, ninth Versus dwight seven.
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  Speaker 1: Pm october, sixteenth versus Sal peru seven. Pm worth Noting,
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  Speaker 1: davis who was an assistant coach At princeton last, year
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  Speaker 1: takes over A crusader's program that finished six to four
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  Speaker 1: last season and qualified for the playoffs for the thirteenth consecutive.
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  Speaker 1: Season marquette is expected to be led by returners such
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  Speaker 1: as Senior Caden SHREEVE oel and Juniors Bladon Castle te
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  Speaker 1: And Connor baker W. R davis also feels Junior hunter
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  Speaker 1: de MINK oldl and Freshman Cortes WHITE oldl And John
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  Speaker 1: PITTS rblb will be key. Contributors we have a lot
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  Speaker 1: of great kids who play extremely, hard and our effort
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  Speaker 1: and toughness will be big strengths for us this. Year davis.
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  Speaker 1: Said we have a lot of new players that are
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  Speaker 1: starting in new, roles so we will lack some experience
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  Speaker 1: but will gain it as the year. Goes Seneca Fighting
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  Speaker 1: irish Coach Terry maxwell twenty twenty five record ten to,
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  Speaker 1: one overall three Zero Chicago Land prairie Schedule august twenty
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  Speaker 1: first At Chicago Christian august's twenty. Eighth Versus Forreston september,
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  Speaker 1: fourth At Iroquois West september, Eleventh Versus Treatments september, eighteenth
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  Speaker 1: At Dwight september twenty, fifth Versus Marquette october, third At
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  Speaker 1: Saint Bede october, ninth Versus Farmington october sixteenth At Leroy,
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  Speaker 1: worth Noting, seneca one of the state's WINNING us TWO
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  Speaker 1: a slash three of programs forty four to ten in
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  Speaker 1: the past four, years had nineteen players graduate from last year's.
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  Speaker 1: Squad while filling those gaps will be a, Key Maxwell
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  Speaker 1: fiel's guys like Seniors Race AUCKLAND og And Joey ARNOLD,
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  Speaker 1: lb as well as Junior Brecklan Anderson, dee will help
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  Speaker 1: the newer players. Progress there are a lot of young
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  Speaker 1: guys learning the speed of varsity football right, now but
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  Speaker 1: the guys are learning quickly and picking schemes up. Fast maxwell,
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  Speaker 1: said being a young team that coachability is. Huge there's
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  Speaker 1: a lot of desire and effort to keep the standards
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  Speaker 1: the program has had these past four. Years this group's
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  Speaker 1: energy and effort have been. Great i've really liked how
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  Speaker 1: we've looked up front on the line so. Far it's
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  Speaker 1: a good mix of size and. Speed Saint Beide bruins
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  Speaker 1: Coach Jack brady twenty twenty five record two seven overall
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  Speaker 1: zero Three Chicago Land prairie Schedule august twenty, first Versus
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  Speaker 1: Fulton august twenty eighth At Bureau Valley september fourth At
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  Speaker 1: Aurora Central Catholic september, eleventh At Princeville september, eighteenth Versus
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  Speaker 1: Marquette september twenty, fifth At Dwight october, three Versus Seneca october,
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  Speaker 1: tenth At Walter Christian october sixteenth At Decatur Saint, Teresa
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  Speaker 1: worth noting The bruins will be looking to put together
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  Speaker 1: a strong running game throughout the, season starting with a
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  Speaker 1: trio of returning offensive linemen in Senior Damian baker and
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  Speaker 1: Juniors Luke fess And Gavin. Gillen with that as a
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  Speaker 1: returning backfield Of Landon marquees ninety one carries three hundred
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  Speaker 1: and seventy yards six t Ds Brennan hurst And Nico,
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  Speaker 1: Pappas Senior starred McGonagall and Sophomore Bruno baker will battle
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  Speaker 1: for time calling the. Signals as a, team we need
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  Speaker 1: to improve on our consistency with the fundamentals of the
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  Speaker 1: game and not compounding our, Mistakes brady. Said Westmont sentinels
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  Speaker 1: co Coach Lee. Makiyefski twenty twenty five record one to
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  Speaker 1: five Schedule august twenty, First Chicago Catalyst Maria august twenty,
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  Speaker 1: Eighth Chicago Gage Park september fifth At Walter Christian september
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  Speaker 1: twenty Fifth Walter Christian october. Two Aurora Central catholic worth
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  Speaker 1: noting veteran Coach makiyevsky enters his fourth season on The westmont.
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  Speaker 1: Sidelines The sentinels have not played a full nine game
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  Speaker 1: schedule the last two seasons and currently only have five games,
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  Speaker 1: listed two Against Walter. Christian westmont's last winning season came
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  Speaker 1: twenty years ago in two thousand and. Six Five players
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  Speaker 1: To Watch colin Bachand dwight SR, qb The trojans third
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  Speaker 1: year starting signal. Caller bachand threw for one thy one
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  Speaker 1: hundred and seven yards and seventeen touchdowns last fall in
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  Speaker 1: helping his team reach the playoffs for the third straight
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  Speaker 1: season and advance to The Class WIN a. Quarterfinals Aiden
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  Speaker 1: Chrissy Aurora Central catholic SRLB. dB he was The chargers
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  Speaker 1: leading receiver as a junior and had one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: thirty four all purpose yards in the team's playoff loss
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  Speaker 1: To Richmond. Burton the five foot, eight one hundred five
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  Speaker 1: pound former hockey player will be a keycog as The
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  Speaker 1: chargers seek their second straight playoff. Bid Caden Shreve MARQUETTE,
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  Speaker 1: srldl The crusader's anchor on the offensive line from his tackle,
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  Speaker 1: position was selected first Team All Chickagolean prairie last. Season
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  Speaker 1: he also had thirty tackles ten, solo six for loss
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  Speaker 1: on the defensive, line where he also. Starred Landon Marquez
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  Speaker 1: Saint Bede JUNIOR Rblb marquees was a big presence in
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  Speaker 1: the middle For Saint, bede making fifty eight tackles last.
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  Speaker 1: Season marquees also played running, back rushing for three hundred
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  Speaker 1: and seventy yards and six tds on ninety one, carries
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  Speaker 1: despite limited offensive touches the final three weeks due to.
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  Speaker 1: Injury Aiden Column DWIGHT. SR rblb, column a three year,
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  Speaker 1: starter led The trojans with nine hundred and twenty rushing
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  Speaker 1: yards and nine touchdowns one hundred five carries last, year
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  Speaker 1: and With All STATE Rblb Evan cox, graduated he'll be
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  Speaker 1: expected to carry more of a workload on both sides
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  Speaker 1: of the. Ball five games to Watch week, Five marquette
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  Speaker 1: At Saint. Bede The crusaders topped The bruins last season
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  Speaker 1: for the third straight time after not meetings since twenty.
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  Speaker 1: Eleven in a rivalry which began in nineteen forty. Nine
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  Speaker 1: marquette will be looking to even up the all times
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  Speaker 1: series That Saint bede leads thirty twenty nine to. One
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  Speaker 1: week Five seneca At. Dwight the programs first met in
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  Speaker 1: nineteen seventy three and have played each season since nineteen seventy.
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  Speaker 1: Eight The Fighting irish have captured the past eleven, meetings
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  Speaker 1: seventeen of the last, nineteen and lead the all time
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  Speaker 1: series thirty three to. Nineteen The trojans will be aiming
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  Speaker 1: to knock off their rivals for the first time since twenty.
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  Speaker 1: Fifteen week Six hayworth At Aurora Central. CATHOLIC a pair
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  Speaker 1: of eight win teams from last year Hookup hayworth making
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  Speaker 1: the two hour drive north From Central. Illinois Aurora Central,
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  Speaker 1: catholic for its strong record last, year did not beat
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  Speaker 1: a team with a winning record during the regular, season
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  Speaker 1: so this is a huge test for The. Chargers week
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  Speaker 1: Six marquette At. Seneca there is always a special vibe
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  Speaker 1: when The crusaders And Fighting irish, meet no matter the.
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  Speaker 1: Sport seneca Top marquette forty through twenty six last season
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  Speaker 1: At Gould. STADIUM a win for either side will be
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  Speaker 1: a great momentum boost heading into the regular season's final three.
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  Speaker 1: Weeks week, Eight farmington At. Seneca The farmers are coming
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  Speaker 1: off a twenty twenty five season where they finished eleven
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  Speaker 1: to one and reached The class TO a playoff, quarterfinals
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  Speaker 1: while The Fighting irish have advanced to the postseason four
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  Speaker 1: years in a. Row the programs have met once, before
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  Speaker 1: With farmington Defeating seneca twenty eight to fourteen in the
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  Speaker 1: opening round of the twenty Nineteen class three Of. Playoffs