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Palatine To Face Proviso West In Playoffs

The Palatine Pirates received the third seed in the Class 8A's lower bracket.

UPDATED Monday, Oct. 24: The Palatine-Proviso West game will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29 at Palatine High School.

The Palatine Pirates will face Proviso West at home in the opening round of the Class 8A playoffs.

Palatine (8-1) received the third seed in the lower bracket. Proviso West (5-4) was the 14th seed. This is Palatine's fifth straight playoff appearance and the first time since 1997 that .

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"The number one thing for us is to get across to our kids that records don't matter at this point. It's how well you are playing at this point of the year," said Palatine Head Coach Tyler Donnelly, during an interview on Comcast Sportsnet IHSA pairings show.

Donnelly pointed out that last year Palatine was 5-4 and the 14th, and upset Glenbard North in the first round of the playoffs.

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"We kind of have roles reversed this year and we are the higher seed and we got to get across that it really doesn't matter, it's one and done," Donnelly said.


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