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Instant predictions: Picking every game in the 2026 IHSA Class 8A state football playoffs
The bracket it out and here are my way too quick, instant, gut-feeling predictions: Class 8A Opening Round predictions Oak Park beats East Aurora Hinsdale Central beats Lake Park Marist beats Neuqua Valley Barrington beats Waubonsie Valley Naperville Central beats Warren Fremd beats Taft Lockport beats Stevenson Lyons
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The bracket it out and here are my way too quick, instant, gut-feeling predictions: Class 8A Opening Round predictions Oak Park beats East Aurora Hinsdale Central beats Lake Park Marist beats Neuqua Valley Barrington beats Waubonsie Valley Naperville Central beats Warren Fremd beats Taft Lockport beats Stevenson Lyons