The Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Fowler Grizzlies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, Sangre de Cristo ended up a good deal behind Holly and lost 62-48. The Thunderbirds were down 56-34 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, Fowler was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 42-28 bruising from Sanford.
Despite the loss, Fowler had strong showings from Brock True, who rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns, and Cael True, who gained 150 total yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Brock a new career-high in rushing yards.
Sangre de Cristo now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Fowler, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Sangre de Cristo was taken down by Fowler 50-8 in their previous matchup back in October of 2015. Thankfully for Sangre de Cristo, Brand Sharp (who rushed for 161 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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