Here’s The Herald-News’ prep football preview for the quarterfinal round of the playoffs, featuring key showdowns across the area.

Class 8A

Fremd (10-1) at Bolingbrook (9-2)

When: 7 p.m. Saturday

About the Raiders: Bolingbrook has a potent one-two punch with TJ Lewis and Tyson Ward, and particularly in the playoffs, that combo has been a riddle that opposing defenses cannot solve. Bolingbrook hasn’t lost since Week 3 when the wheels fell off in a rout loss to Oswego. Since then, something clicked, and its defense has been on point, allowing fewer than 100 combined points over the past eight weeks. The Raiders have ousted the state’s leading rusher with the win over Warren and talented RB Aaron Stewart. Now they will face a different challenge, trying to stop one of the state’s top

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