Liberty had little trouble dispatching Stroudsburg during last week’s District 2-11 subregional 4A opener, but the Hurricanes should face a sturdy road test this week.

Fresh off their 44-0 blowout over the Mounties, the Hurricanes (8-3) will now hit the road to take on top-seeded Wyoming Valley West (11-0) in Friday’s semifinal round.

The Spartans scored with ease in last week’s 51-34 win over Nazareth and Liberty head coach John Truby hopes that theme doesn’t continue when his team makes the nearly 70-mile trip to Plymouth, PA.

“They are a very solid and balanced team,” Truby said of WVW. “They have a line that’s similar to the size of Central Catholic, a backfield like Parkland’s and a good pocket passer at quarterback. They’re a solid team and there’s a reason they’re 11-0.”

West quarterback Aaron Austin completed 9-of-13 passes for 116 yards and three touchdowns in last week’s win over the Blue Eagles, while running backs Sean Judge (116 yards, TD) and Devon Weidman (117 yards, TD) each went over the century mark on the ground.

Keeping the Spartan offense at bay will be the key for Liberty, who kept Stroudsburg under wraps to only 48 total yards of offense last week.

“They’re going to try and run the ball down our throats and be a more physical team than us,” Truby said. “We just have to answer that call. We did against Stroudsburg and we can do it this week.”

Liberty had a field day against their EPC North counterparts last week, jumping out to a 23-0 lead at halftime before putting this in cruise control in the fourth quarter with the mercy rule in effect.

Doug Erney was 16-of-25 for 240 yards and three TD’s, as Victor Santiago did most of his damage with five receptions for 105 yards and a score. Erney (55 yards, TD), Nasir Legree (58 yards) and Gunner Anglovich (64 yards, TD) spread out the work on the ground, as the ’Canes had no trouble in any phase against Stroudsburg.

That all changes this week by taking on the top-seed on the road.

“The biggest headache for us is the logistics of this week and making sure the kids are ready for the road trip,” Truby said. “We’re going to do a lot of the same stuff on both sides of the ball from all season and we’ll throw some wrinkles in, but we just need to be ready to play on the road for four quarters.”