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Playoffs: Hinsdale Central Football Plays Saturday at Oswego
The day and time of the Red Devils' first-round playoff game were announced Monday on the IHSA website.
Hinsdale Central football will begin what it hopes is a long 2013 playoff run Saturday with a first-round road game against Oswego.
Kickoff between the No. 13 seed Red Devils and the No. 4 seed Panthers is at 6:30 p.m.
The Hinsdale Central-Oswego matchup had been set over the weekend, but the day and time of the game was announced on the IHSA website Monday afternoon.
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Oswego High School is located at 4250 Illinois 71, Oswego.
Hinsdale Central enters the playoffs with a 5-4 after a win over Downers Grove North in its regular-season finale Friday. The Red Devils finished 3-3 in the West Suburban Silver.
Oswego finished the season with a 7-2 mark, and was a perfect 7-0 in the Southwest Prairie Conference, according to HighSchoolCube News.
After missing the 2010 playoffs, the Red Devils have qualified for postseason play for the third straight year.
Hinsdale Central will look to reverse the recent trend of first-round losses. They lost in the first round in 2011 to Mount Carmel and in 2012 to Oak Park-River Forest.
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