'Get your popcorn ready' because it is state title or bust for No. 8 Batavia
<p>Michael Vander Luitgaren, No. 8 Batavia’s third-year starting quarterback, knows how important Bulldogs football is to his hometown.</p><p>High school football is the heartbeat of Batavia.
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<p>Michael Vander Luitgaren, No. 8 Batavia’s third-year starting quarterback, knows how important Bulldogs football is to his hometown.</p><p>High school football is the heartbeat of Batavia. Vander Luitgaren’s young neighbors construct homemade signs every week and put them in the front window of their house. It is their small contribution to the town’s obsession.</p><p>“We say ‘one town, one team’ all the time, and that is how it really feels,” Vander Luitgaren said.
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'Get your popcorn ready' because it is state title or bust for No. 8 Batavia
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