The Liberty Hill Panthers will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the Rouse Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games.
Liberty Hill is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after opening their season on the road. They lost 49-26 to Steele on Friday. The Panthers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-14.
Liberty Hill might have lost, but man, Dj Seaborn was a machine: he rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries.
Seaborn wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Liberty Hill was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 416 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Steele only rushed for 116.
Meanwhile, Rouse gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Friday. They blew past Pflugerville Connally 57-10 at home.
London Morgan had a dynamite game for Rouse, throwing for 256 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 60 yards and a touchdown. Morgan got the majority of those yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible52 yards. Another player making a difference was Anthony Reyes, who rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns.
Rouse's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB four times. The heavy lifting was done by Braden Eberwine and Neil Barton who racked up all four sacks between them. Barton also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up two sacks and making eight total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Liberty Hill came up short against Rouse when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 28-17. Can Liberty Hill avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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