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The undefeated (11-0) Liberty Center Tigers went up against a strong one-loss (10-1) Liberty-Benton Eagles team and stifled the L-B offense in key situations in an OHSAA Division V football playoff game on Kip Kern Field at Rex Lingruen Stadium for a 35-0 victory on Friday night.  The visiting eagles were able to move the ball in between the 20-yard lines, mainly with their passing game, but were stopped twice on interceptions close to the Liberty Center goal line and turned the ball over five times in the contest.

On offense, the Tigers stuck to what they do best, run the ball.  They scored two rushing touchdowns in the first half, both by sophomore Garrison Kruse, a 58-yard run around the right side in the first quarter and a 15-yard scamper around the left side in the second quarter to give LC a 14-0 halftime lead.  In the second half, the Tigers recovered a fumble on the Eagle’s 37-yard line and extended their advantage to 21-0 when quarterback Grady Miller later scored from 19-yards out.  Waylon Rentz sealed the win in the final quarter with scoring runs of 42 and 43 yards.

Liberty Center totaled 414 yards of offense with 411 coming on the ground.  Rentz picked up 230 yards of that total and Kruse ran for 151 yards.  Ian Rosebrook converted all five PAT attempts.  Liberty-Benton had 241 yards of total offense and even had more than double the time of possession in the first half but self-destructed with too many turnovers.

The Tigers (12-0) will now go on the road for the rest of the playoffs with all remaining games to be played at neutral sites.  The next game will be a third-round rematch against the Oak Harbor Rockets.  Last year Liberty Center defeated the 12-0 Rockets 45-14 at Clay High School.  This year the game will be played at Maumee High School on Friday, November 15^th at 7:00 pm.

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Photo: Quarterback Grady Miller celebrates his 19-yard touchdown run