The Liberty-Eylau Leopards are taking a road trip to take on the Henderson Lions at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
While Leopards fans will have to keep waiting for their squad to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Friday's season opener. They blew past Pittsburg, posting a 48-7 victory on the road.
The critical scores for Liberty-Eylau came from Trip Baysinger, Dequane Prevo, and Keilen Neal.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Liberty-Eylau's defense and their three sacks. Malik Stephens was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up two sacks and making 16 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Henderson took care of business in their home opener on Friday. They came out on top against Athens by a score of 45-35.
Jesstin Starling was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 184 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.4 yards per carry. Vince Howard was another key player, rushing for 37 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Henderson was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 420 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Liberty-Eylau lost to Henderson on the road by a decisive 28-14 margin when the teams last played back in August of 2023. Can Liberty-Eylau avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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