Marquette Academy football

Galena used run blitzes to take away MA’s sweeps, then used its size to make anything up the middle increasingly difficult and wound up holding the Cru to just 42 ground yards on 40 carries to eliminate Marquette from the 1A playoffs.

Marquette faces Galena in Round 2 of the 2024 Class 1A IHSA football playoffs. Friday Night Drive editor reporter Charlie Ellerbrock will have live updates, scores and news from the game

The favorites survived Week 1 of the playoffs in Class 1A, but a few potential Cinderella squads have showed up to the dance. Steve Soucie breaks down the second round of the 2024 IHSA Class 1A playoffs.