The Holly Wildcats will face off against the Sangre de Cristo Thunderbirds at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Holly focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Holly is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 42 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Akron on Friday. They were dealt a 55-7 defeat at the hands of the Rams. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while the Rams are ranked fifth).
Holly's loss came about despite a quality game from Jessie Pizarro, who picked up 82 receiving yards and a touchdown. Pizarro showed off some serious burst, connecting on a big catch for 68 yards.
Meanwhile, Sangre de Cristo was fully in charge on September 7th, breezing past Soroco 50-14 on the road.
Holly now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Sangre de Cristo, their win ended a three-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-1.
Holly strolled past Sangre de Cristo when the teams last played back in August of 2015 by a score of 29-14. Will Holly repeat their success, or does Sangre de Cristo have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
