Liberty is 2-8 against Rustburg since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Liberty Minutemen will head out on the road to face off against the Rustburg Red Devils at 7:00 p.m.
Liberty is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 18th straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They had to suffer through a 53-0 loss at the hands of Heritage. While losing is never fun, the Minutemen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 240th, while the Pioneers are ranked 30th).
Meanwhile, Rustburg hadn't done well against Amherst County recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Rustburg secured a 21-17 W over Amherst County. The score was all tied up 14-14 at the break, but the Red Devils were the (much) better team in the second half.
Liberty's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Rustburg, they moved to 5-3 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak.
Liberty took a serious blow against Rustburg when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 74-0. Can Liberty avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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