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Galena football beats Morrison, improves to 3-0

By Evan Denton,

23 hours ago

The Galena Pirates were firing on all cylinders Friday night and took down Morrison, 55-13, to improve to 3-0.

Relive some of the top moments from the game in the video above.

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