Liberty and Independence are an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Liberty Redhawks will take on the Independence Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Liberty is looking for their season's first win.
Liberty is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were beaten by Melissa 70-13 on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Redhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 862nd, while the Cardinals are ranked 55th).
Meanwhile, Independence didn't have quite enough to beat Memorial on Thursday and fell 20-17.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Mckenzie West, who picked up 115 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Liberty's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Independence, their loss was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-3.
Liberty was able to grind out a solid victory over Independence in their previous matchup back in September of 2019, winning 34-26. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Independence's Braylon Braxton, who threw for 264 yards and five touchdowns on only 17 passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that he won't be playing on Thursday, will it be easier for Liberty to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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