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 last Friday, they were much more limited against Akron on Friday. They were dealt a 55-7 defeat at the hands of the Rams. 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).
Meanwhile, Sangre de Cristo humbled Soroco with a 50-14 victory.
Holly now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Sangre de Cristo, their victory 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 matchup 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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