Football Preview: Liberty Panthers vs. Livingston Lions
Liberty has gone 3-0 against Livingston recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Liberty Panthers will head out to challenge the Livingston Lions at 7:30 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Liberty and six for Livingston dating back to last season.
Liberty is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost 49-28 to Hargrave on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 827th, while the Falcons are ranked 324th).
Meanwhile, Livingston came up short against Hardin-Jefferson on Friday and fell 33-24.
Despite the defeat, Livingston got top-tier performance from Trenden Williams, who rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. That's the most rushing yards Williams has posted since back in October of 2023. Carson Pipes also played a phenomenal game despite the final result: he picked up 80 receiving yards.
Even though they lost, Livingston was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 308 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Liberty's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Livingston, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 0-4.
Everything came up roses for Liberty against Livingston in their previous meeting back in September of 2019, as the squad secured a 48-7 win. Does Liberty have another victory up their sleeve, or will Livingston turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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