Liberty Christian extended their winning streak to nine games thanks to a huge performance from Charlie Branning. The Liberty Christian Patriots blew past the Pomeroy Pirates, posting a 68-34 win thanks in part to Branning, who rushed for 393 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 18.7 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 2.3 rushing touchdowns per game.
Branning was just one part of a punishing run game: Liberty Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 435 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Pomeroy lost on Friday despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Kyzer Herres, who picked up three receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 43 yards.
Liberty Christian pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Pomeroy, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 8-1.
Liberty Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Pomeroy, they will welcome Cusick at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Pomeroy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 64.7 points per game this season.
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