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Barrie football teams duke it out in pivotal senior game (18 photos)

Boas, glitter and face paint the order of the day as friends and family come out in droves to see two city teams battle on the gridiron

The Bear Creek Kodiaks hosted the Eastview Wildcats in Barrie, Thursday afternoon, in a battle for second place in the senior division atop at the Simcoe County Athletic Association (SCAA) standings. 

The Wildcats blanked the Kodiaks, 30-0, to improve to 3-1 on the season. 

With the loss, Bear Creek's record falls to 2-2 and puts them in third place in the six-team loop. 

The Barrie North Vikings are in first place with an unblemished 3-0 record. The Vikings will travel across the city to Innisdale to meet the Invaders on Friday in a 1:30 p.m. start. 

The Innisdale Invaders (1-2), Collingwood Fighting Owls (1-3) and Orillia Nighthawks (1-3) round out the bottom half of the standings. 

Orillia travelled to Collingwood on Thursday where they fell 20-6 to the Owls. 

Barrie North and Bear Creek will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at the Georgian College Turf Field. 

The playoffs start on Tuesday, Oct. 30 with the quarter-finals, followed by the semifinal on Friday, Nov. 2 and the championship game on Thursday, Nov. 8 at the Georgian College Turf Field. 

In Thursday's junior boys action, Bear Creek avenged their school's loss earlier in the afternoon with a 32-0 victory over Eastview, while Collingwood defeated Banting, 32-6.

Today's junior schedule sees Orillia travel to Innisfil to take on Nantyr Shores, while Nottawasaga Pines faces Innisdale in Barrie. 

The Barrie North Vikings sit at 4-0 atop the junior SCAA standings, followed by Eastview at 4-1 and Bear Creek at 3-1.