Freedom running back Jusian Perkins (left) carries the ball
during a varsity football game against Watauga on Oct. 2 in Boone.
Perkins was the game’s leading rusher with eight carries for 109
yards and a touchdown in the Patriots’ 48-14 victory, which snapped
the Pioneers’ 46-game Northwestern Conference winning streak that
began on Oct. 20, 2017. Freedom totaled 475 yards of offense and
scored in all four quarters — beginning with an 82-yard TD scamper
from Perkins at the 8:50 mark of the opening period — while the
visitors’ other rushing TD on the night came on a 3-yard burst from
Christian Chapman (seven carries, 65 yards) late in the second
quarter.
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Freedom running back Jusian Perkins (left) carries the ball
during a varsity football game against Watauga on Oct. 2 in Boone.
Perkins was the game’s leading rusher with eight carries for 109
yards and a touchdown in the Patriots’ 48-14 victory, which snapped
the Pioneers’ 46-game Northwestern Conference winning streak that
began on Oct. 20, 2017. Freedom totaled 475 yards of offense and
scored in all four quarters — beginning with an 82-yard TD scamper
from Perkins at the 8:50 mark of the opening period — while the
visitors’ other rushing TD on the night came on a 3-yard burst from
Christian Chapman (seven carries, 65 yards) late in the second
quarter.
ZACH COLBURN, ZWC SPORTS / FOR THE PAPER
Freedom’s Nevans Thao (left), Caaden Lipsey (center), and Ty
Adkins (right), among others, pursue Watauga’s quarterback on Oct.
2 in Boone. In addition to six offensive touchdowns in the 34-point
win, the Patriots also scored on defense when Julius Dominguez
recovered a fumble and returned it 32 yards on the final play of
the third quarter. Meanwhile, Clayton Bell kicked six extra points
for Freedom.
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Freedom’s Nevans Thao (left), Caaden Lipsey (center), and Ty
Adkins (right), among others, pursue Watauga’s quarterback on Oct.
2 in Boone. In addition to six offensive touchdowns in the 34-point
win, the Patriots also scored on defense when Julius Dominguez
recovered a fumble and returned it 32 yards on the final play of
the third quarter. Meanwhile, Clayton Bell kicked six extra points
for Freedom.
ZACH COLBURN, ZWC SPORTS / FOR THE PAPER
Freedom quarterback Ryder Huffman (5) completed 11 of 14 passes
for 236 yards and four touchdowns on Oct. 2 at Watauga. Huffman’s
first TD pass went for 25 yards to Julius Dominguez (four catches,
71 yards) early in the second quarter, with Dominguez also hauling
in a 28-yard scoring strike from Huffman in the third period.
Furthermore, Huffman connected with Noah Francis (six catches, 161
yards) for TD passes of 32 and 72 yards in the third and fourth
quarter, respectively.
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ZACH COLBURN, ZWC SPORTS / FOR THE PAPER
Freedom quarterback Ryder Huffman (5) completed 11 of 14 passes
for 236 yards and four touchdowns on Oct. 2 at Watauga. Huffman’s
first TD pass went for 25 yards to Julius Dominguez (four catches,
71 yards) early in the second quarter, with Dominguez also hauling
in a 28-yard scoring strike from Huffman in the third period.
Furthermore, Huffman connected with Noah Francis (six catches, 161
yards) for TD passes of 32 and 72 yards in the third and fourth
quarter, respectively.
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