The Liberty Lions are taking a road trip to face off against the Basha Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a eight-game winning streak alive.
Liberty is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 56-24 victory over Hamilton. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by 22 points or more this season.
Liberty had a senior duo take command as Hayden Fletcher threw for 235 yards and five touchdowns while completing 81.5% of his passes and Dominic Lombardo rushed for 87 yards and three touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards Lombardo has posted since back in August. Kamden Segall also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Meanwhile, Basha faced ALA - Queen Creek in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Basha managed a 40-35 win over ALA - Queen Creek. Basha's victory was all the more impressive since the Patriots were averaging only 11.92 points allowed on the season.
Basha's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Noah Roberts led the charge by rushing for 89 yards and a touchdown, while also picking up 31 receiving yards and a touchdown. Joshua Gaines was another key rusher, rushing for 107 yards and two touchdowns.
Basha's defensive line stepped up as well, laying out Britt Dewitt. four times. Darian (Bleu) Dantzler was especially locked on to ALA - Queen Creek's QB and sacked him 2.5 times. Basha got some further help from Eli Cramer-Cronin: he picked up 1.5 sacks and made ten total tackles.
Basha was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 202 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as ALA - Queen Creek only rushed for 73.
Basha's win was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-1. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 41.8 points per game. As for Liberty, their record is now 11-1.
Everything came up roses for Liberty against Basha when the teams last played back in October of 2022, as the squad secured a 35-7 victory. In that match, Liberty amassed a halftime lead of 21-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
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