Fort Sumner/House and Escalante are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. Fort Sumner/House will host the Escalante Lobos at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fort Sumner/House knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past seven contests -- so hopefully Escalante likes a good challenge.
Fort Sumner/House is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Cloudcroft, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (Fort Sumner/House was ranked third). Fort Sumner/House breezed by Cloudcroft on the road to the tune of 64-0 on Friday. Fans of Fort Sumner/House have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Escalante's offense. They were dealt a 46-0 loss at the hands of Clayton on Friday. Having soared to a lofty 34 points in the game before, the Lobos' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Fort Sumner/House pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Escalante, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-6.
Everything came up roses for Fort Sumner/House against Escalante when the teams last played back in November of 2017, as the team secured a 55-7 victory. In that game, Fort Sumner/House amassed a halftime lead of 41-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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