Football Preview: Mountain Grove Panthers vs. Liberty Eagles
Mountain Grove hasn't had much luck against Liberty recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Mountain Grove Panthers will face off against the Liberty Eagles at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Mountain Grove is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Cabool 54-0 on the road on Friday. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Panthers had established a 41 point advantage.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mountain Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 298 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 153 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Mountain Grove's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. Kale Gardner picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Liberty entered their tilt with Willow Springs on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They claimed a resounding 50-0 victory over the Bears on the road. The game marked the Eagles' most dominant win of the season.
Mountain Grove's victory bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Liberty, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
Mountain Grove came up short against Liberty in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 35-26. Can Mountain Grove avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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