Football Preview: Fort Stockton Panthers vs. Liberty Patriots
The Fort Stockton Panthers will venture away from home to face off against the Liberty Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Fort Stockton has four straight victories, Liberty has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, Fort Stockton made easy work of Crane and carried off a 41-20 win. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 21 points or more this season.
Fort Stockton can attribute much of their success to Kasch Norman, who rushed for 57 yards and three touchdowns, and Gerry Diaz, who rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. Norman has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Fort Stockton also got help from Angel Lujan, who showed off his sure hands for 84 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Liberty took a blow against Seminole on Friday, falling 62-15. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1179th, while the Indians are ranked 130th).
Fort Stockton's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Liberty, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
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