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🌱 How Freeport’s unbeaten girls soccer team will test North Catholic next.
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- How Freeport's unbeaten girls soccer team will test North Catholic next.
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📰 News we're reading
• Burrell's comeback deals North Catholic girls 1st loss of season (triblive.com) — North Catholic's girls soccer team will visit undefeated, No. 3-ranked Freeport on Tuesday for a key section matchup that could shake up the standings. The trip comes right after North Catholic's first loss of the season, a late 3-1 comeback win by Burrell that showed how tight this Class 2A section race may be. 
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