Photo by Jake McNeill: The Marshall football team receives the Section 2AAAA championship trophy after defeating Rocori at Mattke Field in Marshall on Friday. The Tigers earned the top seed of the Class AAAA South bracket and take on No. 4 Totino-Grace in the state quarterfinals on Thursday at Blaine High School.

MARSHALL — Looking to build off its run to the semifinals of last year’s state tournament, the Marshall football team earned the No. 1 seed in the South bracket of the Class AAAA tournament after finishing its section tournament undefeated.

The Tigers will take on fourth-seeded Totino-Grace in the quarterfinals on Thursday at 6 p.m. in Blaine. Marshall enters the matchup at a perfect 10-0 while Totino-Grace heads in at 6-4.

Also in the South bracket, Kasson-Mantorville earned the No. 2 seed at 9-1 while Hill-Murray earned the No. 3 seed with the same record. The matchup will be played at Stillwater Area High School on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Kasson-Mantorville won section 1AAAA after upsetting Byron, the top-ranked team in the final Minnesota Associated Press poll, by a score of 31-28 in the section championship match.

In the North bracket, Grand Rapids earned the top seed at 9-1 and takes on No. 4 Benilde-St. Margaret’s (8-3) at Brainerd on Thursday at 7 p.m. Fergus Falls earned the 2 seed after going 8-2 and takes on Orono (7-3) at Alexandria at 6 p.m. at Alexandria Area.

The semifinals will be played at US Bank Stadium. The low seed from the North will play the high seed from the South on Nov. 13 at 1 p.m., and the other two remaining teams will play at 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 14. The Class AAAA state championship will be played at US Bank Stadium on Nov. 21 at 1 p.m.