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Main event airs at Carmel.

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Byline: Patricia Babcock McGraw

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Carmel officials have got it rough this week.

Not only are they bracing themselves for the onslaught of fans that are expected to attend tonight's highly anticipated neighborhood grudge match against Libertyville, they're also preparing for a media crush that will include reporters and photographers from multiple newspapers as well as the crews of at least three radio stations.

One of the stations is a big one - WMVP 1000-AM. Each week, the station picks a game of the week in the Chicago area and broadcasts a live, one-hour wrap-up show after the game that includes highlights as well as reports from other big games.

The other stations on hand will be WKRS 1220-AM and 103.5 KISS FM.

"We've been running all over the place trying to get all this set up (for the radio stations)," said coach Andy Bitto, who is also Carmel's athletic director. "But it's kind of neat. It's fun for the kids."

Bitto says that he is expecting at least 5,000 to 6,000 fans for the game, which is only the second match-up in history between the two schools in football.

The first and only other time Carmel and Libertyville hooked up was in 2000 in a Class 5A state playoff game. Libertyville won the game.

Since then, both programs have won state championships, making the short stretch of Route 176 that separates the two schools "Football Central" in Lake County.

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