The Liberty-Eylau Leopards will head out on the road to face off against the Commerce Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Liberty-Eylau knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past six contests -- so hopefully Commerce likes a good challenge.
Liberty-Eylau's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 64-0 win over Sabine. Given the Leopards' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 163rd, while the Cardinals are ranked 735th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Arian Taylor and Trip Baysinger were among the main playmakers for Liberty-Eylau as the former rushed for 167 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries and the latter threw for 293 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes. Baysinger is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played.
Liberty-Eylau was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 235 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 235 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Commerce). They blew past Mount Vernon 55-6 on Friday. The victory was nothing new for Commerce as they're now sitting on four straight.
Liberty-Eylau is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 47.1 points per game. As for Commerce, the win got them back to even at 5-5.
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