The Liberty Blue Jays will challenge the North Kansas City Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Liberty is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Oak Park: they outscored them in every quarter. Everything went Liberty's way against Oak Park on Friday as Liberty made off with a 36-13 win. Considering the Blue Jays have won four matchups by more than 22 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Jaxon Hicks was his usual excellent self, rushing for 190 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 42 receiving yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an incredible 75 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Liberty was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 256 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 173 rushing yards in eight consecutive games.
Meanwhile, in a tight contest that could have gone either way, North Kansas City made off with a 36-35 victory over Park Hill South.
Liberty's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-3. As for North Kansas City, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 5-3.
Liberty didn't have too much breathing room in their match against North Kansas City in their previous matchup back in October of 2021, but they still walked away with a 20-14 win. Does Liberty have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Kansas City turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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