Bolingbrook usually likes to throw the ball a little bit. Warren doesn’t.

With the rain, wind and cold in Gurnee on Saturday night, nobody was going to do much through the air. So maybe it’s accurate to say Bolingbrook beat Warren at its own game, advancing in the playoffs with a 20-14 victory.

The Raiders (9-2), winners of eight straight games, will host Fremd next week in an 8A quarterfinal matchup.

“We’ve got some speedsters,” Bolingbrook coach Titcus Pettigrew said. “The wind and the rain played a big role in what we couldn’t do. We just had to fight through it.”

The Raiders eventually found a 1-2 punch in running back TJ Lewis and quarterback Tyson Ward. They each had a touchdown run in the second half as Bolingbrook twice took two-score leads.

For Warren, this game marked the

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