The Vintage Crushers will venture away from home to square off against the Liberty Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Vintage's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Cardinal Newman on Friday. They were outmatched by the Cardinals at home and fell 33-0. While losing is never fun, the Crushers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 226th, while the Cardinals are ranked 43rd).
Meanwhile, Liberty beat Heritage 14-7 on Friday. The 14-point effort marked the Lions' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
It was another big night for Jaxon Bell, who picked up 86 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 110 yards. His longest reception was for an incredible 78 yards. Liberty also got a significant boost from Benjamin Hill, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 95 yards.
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 contests.
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.
Liberty is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, 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, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-4 record this season.
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