The Liberty Lancers will host the Durango Demons at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing isn't great for Liberty: they have been struggling with three straight losses at home, while Durango has snatched up three consecutive wins on the road.
Liberty's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Rampart on Thursday. They were dealt a 33-0 defeat at the hands of the Rams. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Rams are ranked 48th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Durango). They took their match on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 58-0 win over Air Academy. With that victory, the Demons brought their scoring average up to 27.9 points per game.
Durango found their leader in underclassman Grady Feeney, who rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. Those 110 rushing yards gave Feeney a new career-high. Julius Arredondo was another key player, rushing for 38 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Durango was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 292 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 96.8 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last four games they've averaged 153.8.
Durango wouldn't let Air Academy keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force five fumbles. Walker Jones led the group effort, picking up two of those forced fumbles all by himself. Braxton Waddell is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last 11 games he's played dating back to last season. Durango got some further help from Wyatt Bartel: he made ten total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Liberty's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Durango, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Liberty took a serious blow against Durango when the teams last played back in October of 2015, falling 49-17. Can Liberty avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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