Football Preview: Arbor View Aggies vs. Liberty Patriots
Arbor View is 0-5 against Liberty since August of 2016 but things could change on Thursday. The Arbor View Aggies will face off against the Liberty Patriots at 6:00 p.m. Arbor View is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Arbor View is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Bishop Gorman, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Arbor View was ranked second). Arbor View was outmatched by Bishop Gorman at home and fell 49-14. The matchup marked the Aggies' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
The losing side was boosted by Thaddeus Thatcher, who threw for 256 yards and a touchdown, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Liberty). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Foothill 40-7 at home. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 27-0.
Ezra Sanelivi and Elijah Espinoza were among the main playmakers for Liberty as the former rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries and the latter threw for 222 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per attempt. What's more, Espinoza also racked up 37 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in August. Giovanni Criss also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Arbor View's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-1. As for Liberty, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-5.
Arbor View lost to Liberty on the road by a decisive 24-6 margin in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Arbor View avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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