On Friday, Liberty North faced Blue Springs in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Liberty North Eagles walked away with a 31-21 victory over the Blue Springs Wildcats. The Eagles have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Wildcats, too.
Among those leading the charge was Tillman Martin, who threw for 226 yards and two touchdowns while completing 78.9% of his passes. Zemar Cheatam helped Martin out on the ground, rushing for 76 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Liberty North's defense and their four sacks. Blue Springs' QB won't forget Ryne Jensen anytime soon given he sacked him three times.
Liberty North has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Blue Springs, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-4.
It'll be Battle of the Birds when Eagles challenges Liberty at 7:00 p.m. on November 8th. They will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last. As for Blue Springs, they will face off against Truman at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Truman is coming into the match with four straight losses on the road, meaning Blue Springs will have to defend against a team hungry for a win.
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