On Friday, Lee's Summit faced Liberty North in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Lee's Summit Tigers managed a 39-33 win over the Liberty North Eagles. Lee's Summit's victory was all the more impressive since the Eagles were averaging only 17.75 points allowed on the season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lee's Summit to victory, but perhaps none more so than Preston Hatfield, who rushed for 119 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries, and also picked up 65 receiving yards. Hatfield's longest rush was for an incredible 76 yards. Brayden Layman was another key passer, throwing for 346 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per attempt.
Lee's Summit's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Hatfield and Nathan Alexopoulos. Alexopoulos is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last 13 games he's played dating back to last season.
Liberty North's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Zemar Cheatam, who rushed for 184 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.2 yards per carry, and River Therrien, who rushed for 129 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave Therrien a new career-high in rushing yards. Liberty North also got a significant boost from Matthew Barber, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 86 yards.
Lee's Summit pushed their record up to 3-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Liberty North, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
Lee's Summit will take on Lee's Summit West at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Liberty North, they will be playing at home against Raymore-Peculiar at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Liberty North is facing Raymore-Peculiar at the right time seeing as Raymore-Peculiar is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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