Live Blog: October 2008 Archives

Welcome to the Halloween edition of Friday Night Live! here in Bolingbrook.

The first round of the IHSA Class 8A playoffs begin tonight and The Brook Blog will be here to detail what happens as the undefeated Bolingbrook Raiders take on Curie of the Chicago Public League.

The Condors (5-4) have never won a state playoff game in school history. Curie earned its at-large berth with a 15-14 win over King last week, erasing a nine-point deficit with three minutes to play and winning on a 33-yard field goal with nine seconds remaining.

Bolingbrook (9-0) completed the third undefeated regular season in program history last week to earn the top seed in the lower bracket of Class 8A.

The kickoff is at 7 p.m. We will get started around 6 p.m.

LOCKPORT -- Welcome to the regular season finale of Friday Night Live! coming to you from the cozy comforts of the press box here at Lockport High School.

The Bolingbrook Raiders will attempt to close out an undefeated regular season, which would be the third 9-0 mark in school history. Lockport (4-4) needs to beat Bolingbrook in order to get playoff eligible.

We will get started around 6:45 p.m. If the rain shower that is dampening the sophomore game lets up, then we will be out there mingling with the people. If it doesn't, then we will be out there mingling with the people, but we will be soaked. A dry Brook Blog is a happy Brook Blog.

The Brook Blog encourages you to participate today in the second edition of Raiders Rountable, which is a 30-minute live chat about Bolingbrook Raiders athletics.

I will be your moderator, but the content of the conversation is up to you, the readers. Let's talk about football. Let's talk about volleyball. Let's talk soccer. Basketball is right around the corner.

We will get started at 7:30 p.m.

Welcome to Friday Night Live! here in Orland Park tonight as the Bolingbrook Raiders football team tries to stay undefeated and lock up the Southwest Suburban Conference championship against Sandburg (6-1).

We will get started around 6:45 p.m. Your comments are not just welcome, but encouraged. If you have a question, ask it. If you read or see something that is wrong or just silly, point it out.

See you on the other side.

This is the debut edition of Raiders Rountable, which is a 30-minute live chat about Bolingbrook Raiders athletics.

I will be your moderator, but the conversation is up to you. Log on at 7:30 p.m. today and let us know what you think about the Raiders!

Raiders Roundtable, a 30-minute live chat about Bolingbrook Raiders athletics, will debut on Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m.

Students, athletes, coaches, parents and fans are all encouraged to log on and let us know their views on Raiders athletics. I will serve as the moderator of this open forum, but the content and direction of the conversation is up to you the reader.

Three Bolingbrook students from the school newspaper class -- Sheila Aimi, Nick Ficarrotta and Alex McNulty -- have agreed to join us and serve as a discussion panel.

Make sure you check out the first Raiders Roundtable. This is your chance to put Bolingbrook sports into the proper perspective: yours.

Welcome to our fourth Friday Night Live! of the season, which has all the makings of the best game of the season. It it certainly a pivotal matchup between the undefeated powers in the Southwest Suburban Blue: The Bolingbrook Raiders (6-0) and the Lincoln-Way East Griffins (6-0).

A capacity crowd is expected tonight in Bolingbrook. Earlier in the week, the Bolingbrook athletic department announced that it would close the gates once the bleachers were at capacity. So follow along as the Raiders and Griffins duke it out in this cage match.

The Brook Blog is excited to announce that we will stage our first session of Raiders Roundtable on Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m.

Raiders Roundtable will be a weekly live chat that provides a discussion forum about Bolingbrook Raiders athletics. It's for fans. It's for students. It's for parents. It's for anyone who wants to voice their opinion about the Raiders.

Come on in and take a look. This is week three for Friday Night Live! and our first road trip, to blustery, colder-than-I-prepared for New Lenox. The undefeated Bolingbrook Raiders will be the guests here at Jonas R. Lashmet Field for homecoming, a week after the Knights (4-1) were smashed in a crosstown with Lincoln-Way East (5-0).

We will get started around 6:30 p.m. with some pregame ramblings and some photos.