Braxton County is 1-9 against Liberty since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Braxton County Eagles are on the road again to play the Liberty Mountaineers at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Braxton County focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Braxton County is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a blow against Roane County, falling 43-8. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Raiders are ranked 25th).
Meanwhile, after only six points in their last game, Liberty made sure to put some points up on the board against Grafton on Friday. Liberty strolled past Grafton with points to spare, taking the game 42-27. The win was some much needed relief for the Mountaineers as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Braxton County's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Liberty, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
Braxton County was dealt a bruising 57-23 loss at the hands of Liberty in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Liberty's Isaiah Heflin, who threw for 243 yards and four touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes. Now that Braxton County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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