Football Game Preview: Holly Wildcats vs. Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds

By Team Reports Sep 25, 2024, 2:10am

Football Preview: Holly Wildcats vs. Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds

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The Holly Wildcats will take on the Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.

Holly is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 42 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Akron on Friday. They took a blow against the Rams, falling 55-7. 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 33rd, while the Rams are ranked fifth).

Meanwhile, Sangre de Cristo was fully in charge on September 7th, breezing past Soroco 50-14 on the road.

Holly now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Sangre de Cristo, their win ended a three-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-1.

Holly strolled past Sangre de Cristo in their previous meeting back in August of 2015 by a score of 29-14. Will Holly repeat their success, or does Sangre de Cristo have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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