Juanita is preparing for their first district matchup of the season on Friday. They will host the Liberty Patriots at 7:00 p.m.
It was a Battle of the Birds when Juanita took on Woodinville on Saturday. The Ravens were just a hair shy of victory and fell 14-13 to the Falcons.
Meanwhile, Liberty strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 49-0 victory over Mercer Island. The Patriots pushed the score to 42-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Islanders had no chance of recovering from.
Liberty's win came from a few key players Juanita will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Sutton Flint, who rushed for 66 yards and a pair of scores. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 51 yards. Marek Wright was another key player, rushing for 85 yards.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Liberty proved: they limited Mercer Island to a paltry 2.6 yards per carry. The team can thank Hudson Kauzlarich for the heroic effort on defense: he. Liberty didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 10.8.
Liberty's defense didn't let the opposing QB, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for three sacks. Beckett Wilson was especially locked on to Mercer Island's QB and sacked him twice. Spencer Bogh got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Juanita now has a losing record of 1-2. As for Liberty, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Juanita strolled past Liberty when the teams last played back in September of 2024 by a score of 28-14. Do the Ravens have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Patriots turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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