The Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Thunderbirds will take on Cleveland/Immanuel Lutheran on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They breezed past Mayer Lutheran to the tune of 50-14. The Thunderbirds have beaten the Crusaders the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Crusaders has come to flipping the script.
Meanwhile, while Cleveland/Immanuel Lutheran put up plenty of points on Wednesday, the same can't be said for Martin County West. Cleveland/Immanuel Lutheran took their game with ease, bagging a 32-0 victory over Martin County West. Given Cleveland/Immanuel Lutheran's advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 102nd, while Martin County West is ranked 246th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cleveland/Immanuel Lutheran's win bumped their record up to 8-0. As for Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop suffered a grim 29-8 defeat to Cleveland/Immanuel Lutheran in their previous meeting back in September. Can the Thunderbirds avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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