NORTH LAMAR at LIBERTY-EYLAU
TEAMS: Liberty-Eylau (1-5, 0-1) at North Lamar (2-4, 0-1) KICKOFF: 7:30 p.m., R.L. Maddox Stadium.
LAST WEEK: The Leopards fell to Paris, 28-24, in the District 7-4A, Division I opener, and North Lamar lost to Anna, 44-12.
LAST YEAR: Liberty- Eylau started a 4-game win streak with a 38-14 victory over the Panthers.
GAME FACTS: The Leopards have won nine in a row against NL. The loser drops to 0-2 in league play with three weeks remaining in the regular season. The Panthers have lost 4 of their last 5 games this season. North Lamar scores 23.8 points and allows 24.7 per game. L-E averages 34.7 and gives up 42.3 per outing. RB Jeremiah Guenther leads the prolific Panther ground game with 96 carries for 619 yards (6.4 average) and had five touchdowns; he has reached 100 yards in 4 of 6 games. North Lamar has rushed for 1,764 yards—294 per game—but thrown for just 174 on 14-of-33 passing. LibertyEylau has rushed for 912 yards and thrown for 1,390; L-E allows 275 yards rushing per game. The Leopards come home for the following two Fridays (Anna and Princeton) before wrapping up the season at Quinlan Ford. COACHES COMMENTS: L-E’s
Steve Wells—“We’ve seen a lot of good team, and I’m not taking anything away from North Lamar
at all. They’ve got some athletes and are in a lot of tight end-21 personnel. They can spread it out, they’ve got some good players in key positions, and they’re line gets after it real well. Defensively, they’ve got some real good guys up front, and their linebackers run to the ball.
“The main thing we have focused on this week is us and getting better at what we do. Hopefully, we can take care of business. We have to take them on game at a time. We can’t overlook anybody at this point, and we’ve got to work on getting better ourselves.” North Lamar’s Aaron Emeyabbi— “We’ve got to execute our offense; we need to keep our defense off the field as much as possible. Everyone we’ve faced has an explosive offense, and we need to keep the ball away from them, keeping them from getting a ton of snaps. Last year, with the quarterback Anna has, they had a chance of winning the district (if he had stayed healthy). He’s healthy, they’ve got a good football team and have a chance to win the district.
“We can’t allow L-E to stay on the field, offensively, because they’ve got explosive players too.”
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TONIGHT’S LINEUPS (Numbers in parentheses)
LIBERTY-EYLAU OFFENSE: WR-El-Amin Greer (4), 170; WR-Dazawion Cooper (11), 148; WR-Isaiah Cross (10), 165; WR-Mahleik Darty (9), 145; LT-Kylar Cooks (76), 250; LG-Dayshuwn McChester (64), 285; C-Colton Bergt (52), 251; RG-Connor Green (65), 242; RT-Trey Parker (51), 221; QB-Decorian Phillips (1), 180; RB-Cedric Dickerson (33), 178; PK-Steven Goben (43), 158.
LIBERTY-EYLAU DEFENSE: DE-Gerald Webster (85), 195; DT-Antony Alexander (58), 225; DT-Trey Revels (42), 210; DE-Lakken Stuart (35), 201; LB-Cedric Dickerson (33); LB-Marzavin Riles (34), 160; LB-Donté Coopwood (3), 160; CB-Davonta Vaughn (13), 155; S-Dominique Williams (23), 140; S-Ken’Trell Chatmon (14), 165; CB-Michael Conley (15), 150; PNT-Isaiah Cross (10).
NORTH LAMAR OFFENSE: WR-Josh Dangerfield (4); LT-Monty Ponder (72); LG-Gage Brown (64); C-Cody Hohenberger (50); RG-Abraham Prado (45); RT-Cody Anthony (70); TE-Jeffrey Blair (48); WR-Seybian Holt (13); HB-Jaxon Hevron (44); QB-Jay Walters (1); RB-Jeremiah Guenther (10); PK-Travis Coston (3).
NORTH LAMAR DEFENSE: Defensive starters were unavailable.