Liberty kicked off their season on the road on Friday and hit a couple of potholes. They took a 49-45 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mountain Vista Golden Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 51st in California, while the Golden Eagles are ranked third in Colorado).
Despite the loss, Liberty still got an impressive performance from Robert Smith Jr., who threw for 411 yards and four TDs.
Don't try to pin the team's loss on the defense: they kept the trenches locked down and allowed a mere 1.3 yards per carry. The team can thank Max Bolin for the heroic effort on defense: he. Liberty didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 8.3.
Liberty didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Carter Hanson and Bryce Hanson.
Marquise Reese went supernova For Mountain Vista., throwing for 410 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per attempt, and also punching in one score on the ground. Those 410 passing yards gave Reese a new career-high. A healthy portion of Reese's aerial production (134 yards to be exact) went to Brooklyn Bailey, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Coming up, Liberty will look to takes advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they takes on Clovis West at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Mountain Vista, they will hit the road for the first time this season to face off against Arapahoe at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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