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La Salle Lightning strike Liberty Bell for 52-7 win

September 18, 2014 by Methow Valley News

Senior defensive back Jorge Lara makes one of multiple tackles against the La Salle Lightning last weekend. Lara also scored the Mountain Lions’ only touchdown in the game and kicked the extra point. Photo by Mike Maltais
Senior defensive back Jorge Lara makes one of multiple tackles against the La Salle Lightning last weekend. Lara also scored the Mountain Lions’ only touchdown in the game and kicked the extra point. Photo by Mike Maltais

By Mike Maltais

The Methow Valley doesn’t need any more lightning just now, thank you just the same, but someone forgot to tell the like-named football team from La Salle High School that bolted into town and zapped Liberty Bell High School’s varsity gridiron crew, 52-7, in the Mountain Lions’ non-league home opener last Friday (Sept. 12).

The 1A Lightning and supporters from the Yakima-area private Catholic school were aboard twin 56-passenger A&A motor coaches that rolled into Liberty Bell at 4 p.m. on game day and disgorged copious quantities of non-perishable food items for The Cove Food Bank plus a large roster of players.

How large was the roster?

Glad you asked:  The roster was so large it had to be printed on a roll of paper; it was so large that the Lightning had more guys warming the bench than the Mountain Lions had on their whole team; it was so large …well, you get the point.

On his first play from scrimmage La Salle senior quarterback Daniel Boutillier connected for a long pass play touchdown and the Lightning never flamed out en route to a 26-0 first half lead. In the third quarter, Mountain Lions senior running back Jorge Lara broke loose for a 60-plus TD run that put seven points on the Liberty Bell scoreboard following Lara’s successful extra point kick.

It was a busy night for Lara who, in addition to scoring Liberty Bell’s only points, was credited with multiple tackles and some long-yardage fourth-down punts.

The Lightning kept moving down the field, however, and after leading 44-7 at the end of the third quarter, extended their lead to 45 points by the 52-7 final.

Liberty Bell will host Tonasket at 7 p.m. on Friday (Sept. 19) when the former 1A Caribou Trail League Tigers play their first game as a 2B team at the Mountain Lions’ league home opener.

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: LBHS football

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