The Liberty Lions will challenge the Vintage Crushers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Liberty is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.7 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Liberty beat Heritage 14-7. The 14-point effort marked the Lions' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Jaxon Bell was his usual excellent self, picking up 86 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 110 yards. His longest reception was for an incredible 78 yards. Benjamin Hill was another key back, rushing for 95 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries.
Liberty was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 242 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 194 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Liberty didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Bell and Jusi Robinson. Bell's rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his eighth straight game with at least 101 rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Vintage fell victim to Cardinal Newman and their airtight defense on Friday. They had to suffer through a 33-0 loss at the hands of the Cardinals. The Crushers haven't had much luck with the Cardinals recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Liberty is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 29.2 points per game. As for Vintage, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4.
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