The Liberty Redhawks will challenge the Independence Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses dating back to last season for Liberty and nine for Independence dating back to last season.
Last Friday, Liberty was beaten by Melissa 78-7. While losing is never fun, the Redhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 814th, while the Cardinals are ranked 71st).
Meanwhile, Independence played a tough matchup on Thursday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They had to suffer through a 35-6 loss at the hands of Memorial. The Knights were down 35-0 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Independence's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Liberty, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 0-4.
Liberty suffered a grim 35-14 defeat to Independence in their previous meeting back in September of 2024. Thankfully for the Redhawks, Logan Murindagomo (who rushed for 72 yards and one score on only eight carries, and also threw for 147 yards and one touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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