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Riverside-Brookfield's Braeden Novak makes defenses pay with his running, passing

Braeden Novak happens to like his given name, but the Riverside-Brookfield senior quarterback can’t deny the football fit of his nickname. “Bubba,” he said. “My dad has been calling me that since I was a baby. Personally, I like my first name, but everybody calls me by my nickname. It’s like a bigger guy, it fits my pe