The Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds will head out to challenge the Holly Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Sangre de Cristo will be strutting in after a win while Holly will be coming in after a defeat.
Sangre de Cristo will head into Saturday's contest 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 loss they took when the two last played. Sangre de Cristo took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 50-14 victory over Soroco.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 42 points the game before, Holly was a bit more limited in their game on Friday. They were beaten by Akron 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).
The win got Sangre de Cristo back to even at 1-1. As for Holly, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Things could have been worse for Sangre de Cristo, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 29-14 loss to Holly when the teams last played back in August of 2015. Can Sangre de Cristo avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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