The Liberty Hill Panthers will take on the Eastlake Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Liberty Hill took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 57-38 victory over Rouse. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 125th, while the Raiders are ranked 304th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Bryce Muchaw and he. Muchaw rushed for 98 yards on only 13 carries while he rushed for 98 yards on only 13 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Liberty Hill was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 337 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Rouse only rushed for 108.
Liberty Hill'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 Eyan Jones and Kaden Cockburn.
Meanwhile, Eastlake came up short against Permian on Friday and fell 56-49.
Eastlake might have lost, but man, Luke Lomeli was a machine: he threw for 423 yards and five touchdowns, and also rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. With that strong performance, Lomeli is now averaging an impressive 353 passing yards per game. Steven Galindo was another key player, gaining 101 total yards and a touchdown.
The win got Liberty Hill back to even at 1-1. As for Eastlake, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 1-1.
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