Liberty Knocks Off Castro Valley; Remains (unofficially) Unbeaten

Castro Valley, CA
With 5:56 to go in the game, Liberty running back Alex Espinoza ran in from 3-yards out for his second touchdown of the night to give the Lions a 28-21 lead that they would not give up. Liberty did not trail Castro Valley at any point Friday night.

Ivan Oseguera got the call as starting quarterback for liberty and led the team in rushing out of the option with 148 rushing yards on 18 carries and a touchdown. A big 38-yard rush set up the Lions final score.

Liberty Defeats Hayward on Homecoming

It was supposed to be the biggest night for the Liberty High School football team in nearly twenty years.  It was supposed to be the night in which they fought for their third consecutive victory of 2013.  Fate had other plans.

As it turned out, Liberty would be going for their first official victory of the season and picked it up with a decisive, albeit sloppy 18-6 win over Hayward Friday night.

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OPINION- Setback, or Rallying Point--Its Up To the Players

On Thursday afternoon, it was announced that the Liberty High School Football team would have to forfeit it's first two wins of the season after self reporting to the North Coast Section (NCS) an ineligible player being used. Wins of 50-30 over Concord and 48-7 over Merril West wiped from the record book. Prior to that announcement, Liberty was on its way to possibly their best start in 20 years going into homecoming against Hayward.

In a situation like this, one can assume there is much anger among players, coaches and parents. Anger with the player who was ineligible. Anger with the coach for not catching the problem sooner. Anger with administration for self-reporting the infraction. Anger with the NCS for imposing the penalty.

But the real question here is how will this incident affect the future of the football program. Will it be a set back or a rallying point.  That is entirely up to the players on the field.

BREAKING- Liberty Forfeits 1st 2 Wins of Year

As reported by the Bay Area News Group today, Liberty High Football has forfeited their first two wins of the 2013 season.  The team self-notified officials of the use of an ineligible player.

Off to their best start in nearly 20 years, the Lions now go into the homecoming match-up against Hayward with an 0-2 record.

More on this story as it develops.

Read the BANG story here: http://www.contracostatimes.com/high-school-sports/ci_24081601/liberty-high-forfeiting-two-football-wins

Liberty vs Hayward PREVIEW

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Hayward (0-2)                                     Liberty (2-0)

The Liberty Lions look to open the season 3-0 for the 1st time since 1995 at the expense of the Hayward Farmers on Friday night.

Junior wide receiver Alex Hull has been the standout performer so far on the young year.  After returning four punts for touchdowns in the first two weeks of the year, he made his presence felt last week on offense as well, reeling in a 49 yard pass from Joe Tolentino for a touchdown.,

Liberty Vs West RECAP

Liberty steamrolled the Wolfpack on Friday night with a 48-7 win of Merril West in Tracy.  Once again it was Alex Hull who stole the show, with two punt returns for touchdowns, both from outside of 80 yards.

Joe Tolentino was accurate again going 7-8 for 145 yards. His one touchdown pass was a 49-yarder to the aforementioned Hull.

Defensively, Liberty only allowed 163 yard of total offense, only 4 of which was through the air, as Kyle Hunt of West completed only 1 pass.