Raymore-Peculiar and Liberty North are an even 3-3 against one another since November of 2019, but not for long. The Raymore-Peculiar Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Liberty North Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Raymore-Peculiar will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Last Friday, Raymore-Peculiar had to suffer through a 51-12 loss at the hands of Blue Springs South.
Meanwhile, Liberty North faced Lee's Summit in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Liberty North fell to Lee's Summit 39-33. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (31), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
Liberty North's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Zemar Cheatam, who rushed for 184 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.2 yards per carry, and River Therrien, who rushed for 129 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave Therrien a new career-high in rushing yards. Matthew Barber handled things on the ground, rushing for 86 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Liberty North was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 418 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Special teams also played a big role in the game for Liberty North, adding 15 points to the final score. All came courtesy of Bleu Renfrow: he went 4-for-4 kicking field goals for 12 points, and 3-for-3 kicking extra points for an additional three.
Raymore-Peculiar's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Liberty North, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
Raymore-Peculiar was dealt a bruising 38-0 defeat at the hands of Liberty North in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Raymore-Peculiar, Micahjo Barnett (who rushed for 210 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.4 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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