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Scouting Cary-Grove at Libertyville

By  Mike Chamernik
   
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Head football coaches Mike Jones and Brad Seaburg were still assistants and this year’s seniors were 8-years-old when Libertyville and Cary-Grove last met.

The Wildcats prevailed 13-3 on a wet, blustery Champaign evening to win the 2004 Class 7A state championship game at Memorial Stadium.

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