Scouting Report: Iowa City High-Iowa City Liberty

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa - </strong>Friday night's Battle for Zeus turned into a second-half route. Iowa City Liberty powered through rival Iowa City High, 41-14, here by scoring the game's final 27 points. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Lightning took down City, 36-19, to kick off last season in the Clash at Kinnick, playing at the University of Iowa's home stadium. Liberty has won four of the five meetings in the series and four in a row, according to Bound. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I saw Liberty against Iowa City West last week and <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2023/08/scouting-report-iowa-city-liberty-at-west-high/">wrote up a scouting report</a> on several Lightning players. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are players that stood out in the Liberty-City contest: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["320562"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":967701,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Beckman shook off an up-and-down Week 1 in losing at Iowa City West with a bounce-back performance against another rival Friday night. 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