Touchet hasn't had much luck against Liberty Christian recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Touchet Redhawks will challenge the Liberty Christian Patriots at 7:00 p.m.
Touchet is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They were dealt an 86-7 defeat at the hands of DeSales. While losing is never fun, the Redhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Irish are ranked third).
Meanwhile, Liberty Christian put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Mabton 76-0 at home. The Patriots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 28 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Charlie Branning, who rushed for 108 yards and four touchdowns on only six carries. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 2.2 rushing touchdowns per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Silas Bjur, who rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Liberty Christian's defense and their four sacks. Ashton Hardenbrook was especially locked on to Mabton's QB and sacked him 2.5 times. Hardenbrook is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Liberty Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 315 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 190 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Touchet's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Liberty Christian, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Touchet took a serious blow against Liberty Christian in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 74-44. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Branning, who rushed for 326 yards and five touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 46 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Touchet knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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