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Marist QB Throws 6 TD Passes in Pulaski Road Super Bowl

Drama, danger and stupidity ruled the week for news coverage in the Southland. This week's Patch Roundup.

Marist's big win over Brother Rice tops the week's best Southland stories. The Redhawks emerged the victors over Brother Rice, 55-14, in the Pulaski Road Super Bowl Friday night. Marist's quarterback Jack Donegan threw for 338 yards and six touchdowns. "It's so much fun, I've been looking forward to this for my whole life," Donegan said after the game. On Beverly-Mount Greenwood Patch

Wait ... there's more. Catch the sights and sounds of the game in a Patch video clip.

Tinley Park — A part-time Phoenix, IL, cop who was on suspension tried to bluff his way out of a seatbelt violation in Tinley Park. Bad move, dude. On Tinley Park Patch

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Beverly — An off-duty Chicago cop woke up to find someone rummaging around in her house. When she challenged him, he charged her and she shot him. On Beverly-Mount Greenwood Patch

Mokena — Residents of a home on Midland Avenue found a rabid bad in their house on Aug. 27. They dropped a towel over it and called animal control. Though no one was bitten, everyone had to undergo post-exposure rabies treatment. (Ugh!) On Mokena Patch

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Orland Park — U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski visited Orland Park to hear constituent concerns about possible military action in Syria. Lipinski said he's willing to give the president the go-ahead as long as their are guarantees that combat troops won't be deployed on the ground and there's a time limit to U.S. involvement. On Orland Park Patch

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