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Lewiston (4-4) at Edward Little (3-5)

Eastern Class A regular season

Saturday, 1 p.m.

This is the 168th Battle of the Bridge, and yes, that number is more years than football has existed. Devils (88-67-12 edge in the series) and Eddies used to bookend the season with the final exhibition game every August and the final regular-season game every October. That needs to start happening again.

Oxford Hills (1-7) at Cony (1-7)

Eastern Class A regular season

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Friday, 7 p.m.

Vikings’ quest to avoid their third consecutive one-win season will unfold without coach Paul Withee. He’ll be sidelined after being ejected in the closing seconds of a 21-14 loss to Edward Little.

Morse (4-4) at Leavitt (8-0)

Eastern Class B quarterfinal

Friday, 7 p.m.

Shipbuilders were the last PTC team to beat the Hornets — 30 games ago — in the 2008 semifinals. Leavitt’s seniors haven’t forgotten, which equals bad news for Morse.

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MDI (5-3) at Mt. Blue (7-1)

Eastern Class B quarterfinal

Friday, 7 p.m.

Cougars couldn’t stop Trojans’ straight-T for half the regular-season meeting Sept. 16. Trojans couldn’t contain the Cougars at all in a 50-24 rout.

Spruce Mtn. (4-4) at Mtn. Valley (7-1)

Western Class B quarterfinal

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Friday, 7 p.m.

Merger present meets merger past, again. Phoenix want to be where the Falcons are. Hey, who doesn’t? MV rolled 42-0 in the first meeting.

Winslow (6-2) at Lisbon (6-2)

Western Class C quarterfinal

Saturday, 1 p.m.

First-ever meeting between the storied programs. Sixteen combined state championship game appearances for the Black Raiders (formerly Class B) and the Greyhounds since 1979.

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Dirigo (4-4) at Traip (6-2)

Western Class C quarterfinal

Saturday, 1:30 p.m.

Two of the Cougars’ losses were by one point. Another came in overtime. Rangers have won five straight games by a combined score of 142-28.

Oak Hill (3-5) at Yarmouth (8-0)

Western Class C quarterfinal

Friday, 7 p.m.

Clippers went 1-19 in their first 20 games as a program. They’ve gone 28-1 since. And the rest of the league is struggling to keep up, as evidenced by a 51-7 win over the Raiders in Week 2.

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