Liberty is 9-1 against Mountain Grove since November of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Liberty Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mountain Grove Panthers at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Mountain Grove is hoping to do what Willow Springs couldn't on Friday: put an end to Liberty's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Liberty breezed by Willow Springs on the road to the tune of 50-0. The match marked the Eagles' most dominant win of the season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mountain Grove). They took their matchup on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 54-0 victory over Cabool. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Panthers had established a 41 point advantage.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mountain Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 298 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 153 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Mountain Grove's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. Kale Gardner picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Liberty's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-1. As for Mountain Grove, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
Liberty was able to grind out a solid win over Mountain Grove in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 35-26. Does Liberty have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mountain Grove turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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