Liberty pulls away from Arbor View in 42-14 win — PHOTOS

After a agelong layoff, Liberty High School shot manager Rich Muraco knew his team’s show would astir apt amusement a fewer kinks Friday night.

Instead, his squad exhibited an avalanche of problems but inactive managed to predominate Arbor View for a 42-14 location triumph successful the play opener for some teams.

Jayden Maiava completed 17 of 35 passes for 285 yards and 3 touchdowns to pb the offense, but Muraco felt his team’s show needed work.

“I don’t similar the deficiency of discipline, “ said Muraco, whose Patriots committed countless penalties. “We conscionable looked truly unorganized successful galore situations.”

But Liberty’s defence was much convincing, holding the Aggies to 2 first-half yards and 88 yards overall.

“I similar the mode the defence played,” Muraco said. “We person immoderate playmakers connected the team, including six oregon 7 Division I players, truthful we should beryllium beauteous good.”

The Aggies struck first, scoring connected the opening footwear erstwhile Tanner Aitken recovered his ain fumble for a 91-yard touchdown return.

But a tract extremity and a 7-yard TD walk from Maiava to Andre Porter enactment the Patriots up 11-7 with 11:46 successful the 2nd quarter, and they led the remainder of the way.

Larry Royal who finished with 69 yards connected 15 carries, extended Liberty’s pb to 19-7 with a 2-yard plunge up the mediate precocious successful the archetypal fractional and different people astatine the extremity of the 2nd 4th made it 27-7 astatine halftime.

The Patriots turned the shot implicit 3 times, and Arbor View managed to capitalize successful the 3rd 4th with a 24-yard TD walk from reserve backmost Gavin Smyth to Kyri Shoels to chopped the shortage to 27-14.

But the Patriots dominated the 4th fourth to propulsion away.