In Week 8, four Daily Journal area teams took part in what could have been argued as the biggest game of the week in the state at each level – Bradley-Bourbonnais traveled to Lincoln-Way West for a primetime matchup of AP-ranked Class 7A teams, Bishop McNamara went to Hope Academy for a clash of undefeated, ranked Class 3A teams and the area’s two 8-Man football teams, St. Anne and Milford/Cissna Park , got together for a collision of 6-1 squads.

Those six teams entered Week 8 with a combined three losses, a number that doubled after the Boilermakers handed the Warriors their first loss in resounding fashion, the Fightin’ Irish started fast and finished strong at Hope and the Cardinals turned a one-point halftime deficit into a runaway win.

The Boilers (7-1, 4-1) put themselves

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