The Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds will venture away from home to  take on the Crowley County Chargers  at 7:00  p.m.  on Friday. Sangre de Cristo has given up an average of 29.7  points per game this season, but Friday's  game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Last Saturday, Sangre de Cristo came up short against Hoehne  and fell  44-36. The Thunderbirds haven't had much luck with the Farmers recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Crowley County came tearing into  Friday's  game with three straight wins  (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 44 points), and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Bobcats, posting  a  58-20 win. Considering the Chargers have won four contests by more than 27  points this season, Friday's  blowout was nothing new.
Crowley County found their leader in freshman  Levi Gibson, who rushed for 177 yards and four  TDs while picking up 10.4 yards per carry, and also picked up 37 receiving yards and one  score. Gibson is becoming a predictor of the Chargers' success: when he posts  at  least two  rushing touchdowns the team is 3-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't).
 Crowley County was unstoppable on the ground and  finished the game with 331  rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now  rushed for at least 207  rushing yards in four consecutive  matchups.
 Crowley County now  has a winning record of 4-3. As for Sangre de Cristo, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 4-3.
 Sangre de Cristo took a serious blow against Crowley County  in their previous matchup  back in October of 2024, falling  50-6. That  game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Thunderbirds were down  36-6.
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