Skyridge is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Liberty. The Falcons enjoyed a cozy 45-27 win over the Patriots. That's more bragging rights for the Falcons, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Kaneal Sweetwyne had an outrageously good game as he threw for 283 yards and five touchdowns. Lincoln Tahi also helped with two scores in total.
Skyridge didn't let much get past them through the air: they limited Liberty to a completion percentage of just 40.6%. That dominant aerial defense primarily came from three players: Harvie Moeai, Suka Finau, and Ethan Schriever, who each logged one passes deflected. Skyridge wasn't nearly as limited: they posted one of 65.7%.
Skyridge's defense didn't let the opposing QB, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for six sacks. Moeai was especially locked on to Liberty's QB and sacked him twice.
Liberty lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Ezra Sanelivi, who rushed for 122 yards and one TD. Another player making a difference was Kellen Iwamuro, who picked up 116 receiving yards and one touchdown.
Skyridge has started the season off flawlessly and has a 2-0 record to show for it.
Skyridge has already played their next contest, a 68-0 victory against East on the 29th. As for Liberty, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next matchup, a 33-0 win against Kailua on the 30th.
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