Football Recap: Liberty Comes Up Short in High-Profile Match with Mililani

By Team Reports Sep 9, 2024, 8:51pm

Football Recap: Liberty Patriots vs. Mililani Trojans

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Liberty is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Mililani. The game between the Liberty Patriots and the Mililani Trojans wasn't particularly close, with the Liberty Patriots falling 26-9. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Patriots of the 34-22 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in August of 2019.

Elijah Espinoza threw for 103 yards on ten of 17 attempts. Gravis Lopez was his top target, picking up 78 receiving yards. On the ground, Ezra Sanelivi rushed for 32 yards.

Liberty's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Mililani, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with that win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.

Liberty will venture away from home to face off against Mission Viejo at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Mililani, they will head out to square off against Los Alamitos on Friday.

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