The DeSales Irish will take on the Liberty Christian Patriots on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with DeSales sitting on three straight victories and Liberty Christian on ten.
DeSales is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They never let Quilcene onto the board and left with a 30-0 win. Considering the Irish have won nine games by more than 23 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Liberty Christian faced Ocosta in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Liberty Christian simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Ocosta 66-0. The Patriots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by 28 points or more this season.
Liberty Christian's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Charlie Branning, who rushed for 94 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and Perry Pottle, who threw for 207 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes. What's more, Pottle also racked up 12 rushing yards, the most he's had since back in September. Dax Mercure was Pottle's top target, picking up 79 receiving yards, while also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
Liberty Christian wouldn't let Ocosta keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Kade Dezember, Levi Idler, Chris Aldridge, and Ashton Hardenbrook picked up one apiece. With that strong performance, Hardenbrook is now averaging an impressive 5.4 total tackles per game.
Liberty Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 233 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 161 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
DeSales' victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-1. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.0 points per game. As for Liberty Christian, their win bumped their record up to 10-0.
DeSales was taken down by Liberty Christian 52-0 in their previous matchup back in October. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Branning, who rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. Now that DeSales knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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