Heritage pushed their score to 21 the last time they played Liberty, but on Friday they couldn't quite do it again. The Heritage Patriots took a 14-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Liberty Lions. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 346th, while the Lions are ranked 140th).
Despite the defeat, Heritage had strong showings from Jordan Kinnaird, who picked up 123 receiving yards and a touchdown, and Ilias Muhammad, who threw for 76 yards and a touchdown. Kinnaird didn't just play on offense: he also made eight total tackles and defended two passes in addition to snagging an interception.
Heritage didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Chiemezie Nomeh, Darjae Williams, Kinnaird, and Aiden Donaville picked up one apiece. Donaville also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 17.
Jaxon Bell continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Liberty, picking up 86 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 110 yards. Bell really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 78 yards. Benjamin Hill handled things on the ground, rushing for 95 yards and a rushing touchdown.
This is the second loss in a row for Heritage and nudges their season record down to 6-4. As for Liberty, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-3.
The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Heritage will challenge James Logan at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Heritage is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.1 points per game this season. As for Liberty, they will face off against Vintage at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Liberty also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 26.7 points per game.
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