Liberty is 0-4 against Palmer Ridge since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Liberty Lancers are taking a road trip to take on the Palmer Ridge Bears at 7:00 p.m.
Liberty is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Friday. They were beaten by Durango 42-0. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado football rankings (they are ranked 126th, while the Demons are ranked 31st).
Liberty wouldn't let Durango keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Liberty can thank Kyle Nelson and Kael Proffit for forcing all of them. Liberty got some further help from Tristan Dosch: he picked up a sack and made ten total tackles.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Palmer Ridge). They took their match on Thursday with ease, bagging a 50-13 victory over Rampart. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by 29 points or more this season.
Palmer Ridge had a senior duo take command as Carson Campbell rushed for 227 yards and four touchdowns on only nine carries and Avier Elvira rushed for 200 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.5 yards per carry. Campbell's longest rush was for an incredible 80 yards.
Palmer Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 444 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 205 rushing yards in nine consecutive games.
Liberty's loss dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Palmer Ridge, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Liberty was taken down by Palmer Ridge 51-13 in their previous meeting back in September of 2017. Thankfully for Liberty, Ty Evans (who threw for 267 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.7 yards per attempt) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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