Liberty-Eylau
LAST WEEK: The Leopards handed Anna its first loss—38-24—in District 7-4A, Division II play.
THIS WEEK: Liberty-Eylau is home against Princeton, the last unbeaten in district play.
OFFENSIVE STANDOUTS: QB Decorian Phillips connected on 17 of 19 passes for 354 yards and three TDs and ran for a score, as well. WR Mahleik Darty had three catches for 101 yards and two TDs, WR Dazawion Cooper added four catches for 120 yards and a score, and WR El-Amin Greer had five catches for 67 yards. RB Ralph Crabtree rushed 19 times for 107 yards and a touchdown, and PK Steven Goben was 5 for 5 on PATs and kicked a 23-yard field goal.
DEFENSIVE STANDOUTS: LB Marzavian Riles and DE Orion Williams had 12 tackles apiece, Riles also causing a fumble. Thomas Rochelle and Ken’Trell Chatmon had seven tackles each, and CB Michael Conley also caused a fumble. Shannon Roy recovered a fumble for the Leopards, who blanked Anna in the second half.
COACH STEVE WELLS’ COMMENTS: “We played really well. Decorian had one of his best games in his two years of playing quarterback. Looking around to find our offensive players, we saw we had a slew of them have great games. (Mahleik) Darty had a really big catch, when we were up just
a touchdown, and had a great catch-and-run for a 78-yard score. Cooper and Greer had some big games, (Isaiah) Cross had some big catches and Crabtree did a good job running the ball. I was proud of the way we played.
“Defensively, in the first half, we had a few mistakes with our alignments that they were able to hit some long runs. We came back in the second half and made some adjustments, and we did a better job of getting some stops. We bent a little bit but didn’t break. I was proud of the way we played defensively in the second half to keep them out of the end zone.”