Football Recap: Durango Demons vs. Liberty Lancers        
        
		
            

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| 10/24/25 - Home | 63-12 W | 
| 10/25/24 - Away | 42-0 W | 
| 10/09/15 - Away | 49-17 W | 
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a  season-high score is even better (just ask Durango). They breezed past the Liberty Lancers to the tune of  63-12 on Friday. Given the Demons' advantage  in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Lancers are ranked 135th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
 Grady Feeney was  his usual excellent self, throwing for 192 yards and four  TDs while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushing for 32 yards. That's the most  passing yards  he has posted since back in August. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget  Dawson McInnes, who went all the way with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
 Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Durango proved: they limited Liberty to a paltry 3.5 yards per carry. The team can thank  Carson Palmer for the heroic effort on defense: he. Durango didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 6.9.
 Special teams was a major factor in the game for Durango, racking up 15 points in total. The biggest highlight from special teams (and perhaps the team as a whole) came courtesy of  McInnes, who ran a kickoff back for a touchdown.
Durango pushed their record up to 7-2 with the  victory, which was their fourth straight  at home. The  home  wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 4.8 points on average over those games. As for Liberty,  they are  on  a  five-game losing streak  that has dropped them down to 2-7.
 Coming up, Durango will challenge Vista Ridge at 6:00  p.m.  on Friday. As for Liberty, they will look to defend their home field  on Thursday against Palmer Ridge  at 6:00  p.m. The Bears' defense has only allowed 7.1  points per game  this season, so the Lancers' offense will have their work cut out for them.
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