The Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds will challenge the Fowler Grizzlies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sangre de Cristo has three straight wins, Fowler has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Friday, Sangre de Cristo was fully in charge, breezing past Walsenburg 48-14. Considering the Thunderbirds have won three matchups by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Fowler had to suffer through a 50-18 loss at the hands of Sanford. While losing is never fun, the Grizzlies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Mustangs are ranked ninth).
Although Fowler took the loss, they still got scores from Demetrius Alvarez, Brock True, and Garrett Pharr.
Sangre de Cristo's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Fowler, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.
Sangre de Cristo was dealt a bruising 54-14 defeat at the hands of Fowler when the teams last played back in October of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of True, who rushed for 250 yards and four TDs on only 11 carries, and also threw for 168 yards and one touchdown on only seven passes. Now that the Thunderbirds know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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