reporter: the lake braddock bruins take on the south county stallions, both undefeated. the two best teams in northern virginia. such a big game. students held a pep rally before sunrise. you know it's a big game when students from schools are out hours before class. the entire marching band is here. lake braddock will have the home field advantage for this fall football classic and the students are feeling pretty confident. most of our friends go to south county. it's like a big deal. don't tell that to the opposing student body in marching band. >> it's definitely important to the van because we don't that to a lot of away games. but since it's important if they for us to go. reporter: the seniors have never seen the victory against the neighboring school. >> the rivalry between these two are unbelievable. with great school spirit. they have great squads. reporter: john gonzales, abc 7 news. jummy: good old friday night football. which tv think a win tonight? take part in our twitter poll. you can also look for game highlights the night on high at 11:30 ons final our s

. >> i'm live at lake braddock high school for the matchup with south county. we know one thing for sure. these guys are ready. [applause] we have more coming up later in the show. leon: then new at 6:00, the "7 on your side" i-team gets results. the new action demanded by two senators after concerns that the athletic fields could be causing cancer. steve: i'm abc7 steve rudin live at the ice skating rink. a lot of folks are out enjoying themselves. a lot of kids who follow me on twitter are out here. come on, guys. come on by. they are enjoying the nice weather we had today. unfortunately big changes are on the way for the upcoming weekend. take a look at the weekend forecast. temperatures tomorrow will only be in lower 60's. the clouds will decrease moving through the late afternoon hours and by sunday only in the upper 50's for the high temperatures. the big race across the by bay. 10k, chilly with the temperatures in the 40's. wind gusts up to 25 miles per hour. we come by live. wave to the camera. there you have it. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" leon:

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lake braddock hosting south county, both undefeated. this will be louder tonight around 7:00. it's already loud. guess what? we have the miles tonight. join me for high school sports final on newschannel8. erin hawksworth will join me with guests in studio at 11:30. fun times. caps beat the bruins last night. the skins are headed to new england on sunday and tonight the wizards are in boston against the celtics. there is a pattern here. can you guess what it is? i can't put my finger on it. if not, that is okay. there is another pattern going on. one that is more important. bradley beal has been great for the wizards. he made the game-winning three to beat the spurs. on wednesday he has averaged 25 for the first four games. he is mr. clutch averaging ten in the fourth quarter. the tip-off tonight at 7:30. final note. only exhibition game for the third ranked terps who will host southern new hampshire in college park. the tip-off for that is at 7:30. ranked third in the country. leon: all of us want to see this. maureen: weekend plans? doug: the weekend is here. forecast, showe

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braddock road and huntington. have a great weekend. here's one more. i'll see you monday morning for news 4 today. >>> look at this. whipping winds racing across lake ing into a barrier in chicago. waves of 16 feet high. we are in for some winds ourselves. >> you got it. similar waves were seen on lake erie yesterday. parts of our area under a wind advisory until 6:00 tonight, including frederick county, western loudoun county and northern fauquier county, gusts up to 50 miles per hour, could produce isolated wind damage, small limbs maybe off of trees. more importantly for everybody tonight, heading out, when you factor in the winds it will feel like temperatures in the 30s and 40s. here's a look at current wind gusts. winchester gusting up to 34 miles per hour. petersburg up to 40. winds will die down saturday night. i'll have another look at the seven-day coming up in ten minutes. >> thanks. >>> a tv actress says she is recovering from an attack right now. poly peret from ncis tweeted a man grabbed her and told her he was going kill her last night. she said she was walking to a guesthouse in los angeles and was alone, terrified and trapped. she