Football Preview: Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds vs. Holly Wildcats
The Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds will venture away from home to take on the Holly Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Sangre de Cristo will be strutting in after a victory while Holly will be coming in after a loss.
Sangre de Cristo will head into Saturday's game after some sweet revenge against Soroco: Sangre de Cristo couldn't quite topple Soroco on September 7th, but it was still a huge improvement compared to the 40-point defeat they took when the two last played. Sangre de Cristo blew past Soroco, posting a 50-14 win on the road.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 42 points the game before, Holly was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They had to suffer through a 55-7 loss at the hands of Akron. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Rams are ranked fifth).
The victory got Sangre de Cristo back to even at 1-1. As for Holly, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Sangre de Cristo ended up a good deal behind Holly in their previous meeting back in August of 2015, losing 29-14. Can Sangre de Cristo avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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