St. Thomas Catholic and Liberty Christian squared off in some playoff action on Saturday, but St. Thomas Catholic had to settle for second. They were beaten by the Liberty Christian Warriors 63-0. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 428th, while the Warriors are ranked 39th).
Roy Thomas Jenkins threw for 94 yards on ten of 17 attempts.
Nate Tidwell was his top target, picking up 65 receiving yards.
It was another big night for Quinn Murphy, who threw for 224 yards and five touchdowns, and also rushed for 57 yards and a touchdown for Liberty Christian. Those 57 rushing yards gave Murphy a new career-high.
The defeat snapped St. Thomas Catholic's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 7-6 record. As for Liberty Christian, the victory (which was their tenth in a row) raised their record to 11-1.
St. Thomas Catholic does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Liberty Christian, they will take on Parish Episcopal at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in Liberty Christian's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last six games.
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