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The No. 15 ranked Bowling Green Purples advanced to the second round of the Class 5A playoffs after besting Madisonville-North Hopkins 35-7 on Friday night. The victory wasn’t Bowling Green’s best showing — even head coach Mark Spader harped on focusing on the details in the postgame huddle. But the Purples gave themselves plenty of separation in the second quarter to finish on top. Bowling Green has finished at the top of their district for the past few seasons. Tonight’s game was one of their biggest first-round tests in a few seasons. Though Madisonville showed spurts of really good offensi…