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The Liberty Center Tigers defeated the Archbold Blue Streaks 33-14 on the road to claim their fourth consecutive NWOAL Football title, and, for good measure, their 45^th straight regular season victory.  However, despite the final score, it was not easy as they had to rally from a 14-0 late second quarter deficit and only led 17-14 entering the fourth quarter.

After Blue Streak Ryder Ryan scored on an 85-yard touchdown pass from Maddox Pinter to put Archbold up by 14 points, the Tigers switched their offensive game plan and decided to stay with their strength, running the ball.  Thomas Mohler (155 yards rushing) scored the first of his three touchdowns with under a minute to go in the first half to pull Liberty Center within 14-7 at halftime.  Early in the third quarter, Garrison Kruse (233 yards rushing) broke free for a 90-yard game-tying score, silencing the hometown Archbold crowd.

The Tiger offense did not put the ball in the air the entire second half as their offensive line steamrolled its way up and down the field for the rest of the game.  The Liberty Center defense dominate their side of the ball as well and finished the night’s scoring with a 2-point safety in the Archbold end zone.

The last time the Tigers lost a regular season game was in September of 2021, 41-7 to these same Blue Streaks.  In that year’s state playoffs, however, Liberty Center was able to extract a measure of revenge by defeating Archbold 38-35 on a last second field goal.

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Photo: Garrison Kruse ran for 233 yards on 21 carries and one touchdown.