By Clay Counts
Special to The Courier

claycounts21@yahoo.com

WESTMINSTER — Behind a huge 228-yard night from senior fullback Clay Lollis, the Liberty Red Devils won their third road game in a row Friday night, dominating the winless West-Oak Warriors, 33-7.

Lollis scored on runs of 69, 68 and 25 yards in the first half to lead the Devils to the runaway region win. Liberty is now 4-4 on the season and 1-2 in Region I-3A play.

Since dropping their season opener at Daniel, the Red Devils have now on the road at Berea, Carolina and West-Oak.

Liberty coach Kyle Stewart was pleased with his team’s performance Friday night, as the Devils racked up 467 yards of offense, including 334 on the ground.

“Just proud of them,” Stewart said after the game. “(The Warriors) gave a lot of different looks on film, so we had a few things set up where ‘if we get this look, these are our plays.’ We made some tackles, made some key blocks — it’s nice to get cushion to start out.”

Quarterback Carter Smith also had a good night leading the Liberty offense, as he passed for 119 yards and ran for another 42 on five carries.

“(Smith) did a good job tonight, did a good job on the options and RPOs,” Stewart said. “He made some good decisions downfield as well, and I’m proud of that. Just have a few little fine-tuning to do, but to be running option plays in the little time he’s been doing it, he’s picking up pretty good.”

With temperatures feeling seasonably cool for the first time this season, the

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