The Rochelle Hubs will take on the Marian Catholic Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Rochelle has four straight wins, Marian Catholic has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Rochelle is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Ottawa, posting a 64-10 victory on the road. The result was nothing new for the Hubs, who have now won five contests by 22 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, a win for Marian Catholic just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were outmatched by Providence Catholic on the road and fell 34-6. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 208th, while the Celtics are ranked 59th).
Rochelle's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1. As for Marian Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
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