Liberty North and Raymore-Peculiar are an even 3-3 against one another since November of 2019, but not for long. The Liberty North Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Raymore-Peculiar Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Liberty North's favor as the squad sits on eight straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Raymore-Peculiar has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road also dating back to last season.
Liberty North is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Lee's Summit, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Liberty North was ranked eighth). Liberty North fell to Lee's Summit 39-33. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (31), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
Liberty North's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Zemar Cheatam, who rushed for 184 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.2 yards per carry, and River Therrien, who rushed for 129 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave Therrien a new career-high in rushing yards. Matthew Barber handled things on the ground, rushing for 86 yards.
Meanwhile, Raymore-Peculiar was beaten by Blue Springs South 51-12 on Friday.
Liberty North's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Raymore-Peculiar, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Everything came up roses for Liberty North against Raymore-Peculiar in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 as the team secured a 38-0 victory. Will Liberty North repeat their success, or does Raymore-Peculiar have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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