The Marquette Catholic Explorers will venture away from home to take on the Althoff Catholic Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Marquette Catholic has struggled recently with 11 losses in a row, while Althoff Catholic will arrive with five straight wins.
Marquette Catholic's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Althoff Catholic on Thursday. They took a blow against the Crusaders, falling 49-0. While losing is never fun, the Explorers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 471st, while the Crusaders are ranked 32nd).
Marquette Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Althoff Catholic, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
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