Preview: East Nashville Magnet Eagles vs. Liberty Creek Wolves
East Nashville Magnet is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Liberty Creek is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The East Nashville Magnet Eagles will take on the Liberty Creek Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but East Nashville Magnet had no problem doing just that on Friday. Everything went their way against Stratford as East Nashville Magnet made off with a 40-14 win. 40 seems to be a good number for East Nashville Magnet as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
East Nashville Magnet's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Martez Lamb, who rushed for 25 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 121 yards and a touchdown while completing 80% of his passes. Elijah Usher was another key contributor, rushing for 77 yards and a touchdown.
The team's defense also helped out by holding Stratford to a paltry 239 yards. A big part of that defensive dominance came down to East Nashville Magnet's ability to keep the quarterback under pressure: the team laid the passer out four times before it was all said and done. The heavy lifting was done by Ladonnis Mcglothen jr. and Malik Bolling who racked up four sacks between them.
Meanwhile, Liberty Creek got the win against Fairview on Friday by a conclusive 49-27.
East Nashville Magnet's win bumped their record up to 10-2. As for Liberty Creek, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
East Nashville Magnet strolled past Liberty Creek when the teams last played back in September by a score of 27-13. Does East Nashville Magnet have another victory up their sleeve, or will Liberty Creek turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
