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WATCH LIVE: This weekend’s broadcasts on The Cube

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Friday

Oswego at Romeoville, 6

East Aurora at West Aurora, 7

Lincoln-Way East at Bolingbrook, 7

Plainfield South at Oswego East, 7

Marian Central at Joliet Catholic, 7:30

Batavia at St. Charles North, 7:30

Waubonsie Valley at Metea Valley, 7:30

Libertyville at Stevenson, 7:30

Marist at Benet, 7:30

Thornton at Lincoln-Way West, 7:30

Saturday

St. Ignatius at Loyola, 1:30

Glenbard West at Lyons, 1:30

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