Football Preview: Crockett Cougars vs. Liberty Hill Panthers
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars faces off against the Liberty Hill Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Crockett has struggled recently with nine defeats in a row, while Liberty Hill will arrive with seven straight wins.
Crockett's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Pflugerville on Friday. They were beaten by the Panthers 69-0. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1122nd, while the Panthers are ranked 255th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Liberty Hill). They blew past McCallum 78-57 on Friday. Considering the Panthers have won four games by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Bryce Muchaw, who rushed for 182 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 106 rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Dj Seaborn, who rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Liberty Hill's defensive line and their seven sacks. McCallum's QB won't forget Alister Vallejo anytime soon given he sacked him three times. With that strong performance, Vallejo is now averaging an impressive 5.1 total tackles per game.
Liberty Hill was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 662 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 292 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups.
Crockett's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Liberty Hill, their victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
Crockett was dealt a bruising 62-0 defeat at the hands of Liberty Hill in their previous matchup back in September of 2021. Thankfully for Crockett, Noah Long (who rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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