The St. Bede Bruins have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Marquette Crusaders at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
St. Bede is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 61 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Seneca on Friday. They lost 36-12 to the Fighting Irish. While losing is never fun, the Bruins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 285th, while the Fighting Irish are ranked 103rd).
Meanwhile, Marquette didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington on Friday, but they still walked away with a 26-21 victory.
St. Bede's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Marquette, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Things could have been worse for St. Bede, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 34-20 loss to Marquette when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will St. Bede have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other football content.
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