The Liberty Lancers will take on the Denver East Angels at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Liberty took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They claimed a resounding 36-6 win over Widefield at home. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 29-0.
Meanwhile, Denver East won against Sand Creek back in August with 42 points and they decided to stick to that point total again last Saturday. Denver East blew past Vista PEAK Prep, posting a 42-12 victory on the road. Given the Angels' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 30th, while the Bison are ranked 89th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The critical scores for Denver East came from Deion Giles-Ray, Elijah West-Duah, and Steve Griffin. Sean Campbell was another key player, rushing for 109 yards on only nine carries.
Denver East's defense made their presence known, laying out Carson Campbell. six times. The heavy lifting was done by Arthur Humphrey III and DJ Crowe who racked up five sacks between them. Denver East got some further help from Pierce Benard: he picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Denver East was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 427 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Vista PEAK Prep only gained 233.
The win got Liberty back to even at 1-1. As for Denver East, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
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