Football Preview: Fort Stockton Panthers vs. Liberty Patriots
The Fort Stockton Panthers are taking a road trip to square off against the Liberty Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Fort Stockton has four straight wins, Liberty has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, everything went Fort Stockton's way against Crane as Fort Stockton made off with a 41-20 victory. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won three matches by 21 points or more so far this season.
Kasch Norman and Gerry Diaz were among the main playmakers for Fort Stockton as the former rushed for 57 yards and three touchdowns and the latter rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. Norman is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played. Angel Lujan also helped out with an impressive 84 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Liberty was beaten by Seminole 62-15 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1179th, while the Indians are ranked 130th).
Fort Stockton's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Liberty, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
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