It appeared that Liberty had their sights set on an upset at Whitehall last week, but that quickly turned into a mercy-rule defeat for the Hurricanes, as Whitehall stormed away with a 56-20 victory Friday night.

The Zephyrs scored 42 unanswered points after trailing 20-14 to the Hurricanes in the second quarter to give Liberty head coach John Truby a list of things his team needs to work on heading into this week's tilt with Emmaus.

"It was a tale of two halves," said Truby. "They [Whitehall] kept playing and our guys didn't. It seemed pretty clear that Whitehall came out ready to play in the second half and our guys just didn't respond. We need to get back to the drawing board and find some guys that want to play for 48 minutes."

Liberty started off hot, as quarterback Doug Erney threw a pair of TD passes to Darius Jones and Elijah Hall to start the first quarter and build a 14-0 lead. Whitehall answered back with two scores of their own, as running back Saquon Barkley hauled in a 21-yard TD pass from Gianni Sinatore, followed by a five-yard scamper from fellow backfield mate Jake Buskirk.

Harvey House gave Liberty (2-2, 1-1) their final lead of the game with 11:24 in the second quarter when he ran in from three yards out to make it 20-14.

From there, it was all Whitehall (4-0, 2-0).

Buskirk and Sinatore added two more short scores from the ground to make it 28-20 at half, but Liberty had a chance to even the game just before the half with the ball on the one-yard line.

However, Erney's attempt in the end zone on an untimed down with no time on the clock, fell incomplete and sent the Hurricanes into the locker room disheartened.

Barkley then opened the second half with a 61-yard TD run to make it 35-20, as he scored four times on the night and ran for 209 yards.

Buskirk would intercept Erney on the ensuing Liberty drive and return it to the Liberty 19. Barkley cleaned up from there, going in from five yards out to put Whitehall ahead 42-20.

"Honestly, I thought we were deflated after not scoring there right before halftime," said Truby. "It's a tough one to swallow. The biggest disappointment is that we let them score 42 straight. We got Emmaus and Parkland the next two weeks, so we got to figure things out real quick."