Escalante and Fort Sumner/House are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Escalante Lobos will venture away from home to take on Fort Sumner/House at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Escalante is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Clayton, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Escalante was ranked 18th). Escalante took a blow against Clayton on Friday, falling 46-0. Having soared to a lofty 34 points in the game before, the Lobos' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, Fort Sumner/House put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Cloudcroft, posting a 64-0 win on the road. 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.
This is the second loss in a row for Escalante and nudges their season record down to 3-6. As for Fort Sumner/House, they pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Escalante took a serious blow against Fort Sumner/House when the teams last played back in November of 2017, falling 55-7. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Escalante was down 41-7.
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