Liberty-Eylau
LAST WEEK: The Leopards opened up District 7-4A, Division I play with a 28-24 loss to Paris.
THIS WEEK: Liberty-Eylau travels to Paris to play North Lamar before coming home for a twogame homestand.
OFFENSIVE STANDOUTS: QB Decorian Phillips threw for 111 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 27, RB Ralph Crabtree had 54 yards rushing and tossed a 2-point conversion to Phillips, and RB Kelston Joseph had his first rushing TD of the year. RB Cedric Dickerson also had a scoring run, WR Mahleik Darty had four catches for 36 yards, WR Isaiah Cross caught four for 41, and Dazawion Cooper added three for 35 including a 12-yard TD reception. PK Steven Goben booted a 34-yard field goal. DEFENSIVE STANDOUTS: S Kentrell Chatmon had nine solo tackles among his 15 stops to lead the L-E defense. LB Marzavin Riles had eight stops, Gerald Webster added seven tackles, and LB Cedric Dickerson and DL Antony Alexander had four four stops each. CB Isaiah Cross and Conner Green each had a fumble recovery.
COACH STEVE WELLS’ COMMENTS: “Early on, they took it to us and whipped us up front. We went down 14-0 in the second quarter, and we didn’t get much going offensively in the first half. We battled
back and got a score after getting good field position. We were able to force a punt deep in their end, and we capitalized with a score.
“We came out after making some halftime adjustments and tied it up in the third quarter. We tied it up again and then took the lead late when Goben kicked field goal with 4:09 left. We just didn’t stop them on the next drive. They ran the (quarterback) keep off the counter play and got a couple big plays.
“It was good close ballgame, a physical game, and they’re good defensively. We had to stop No. 2 and No. 25, and they did a few things that hurt us with the misdirection that we didn’t fill our holes.”