Matthew Stuart

Liberty High School Athletic Director

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Liberty head coach Joon Huh lost his son in early April. But through his connection with his daughter Avery and the game of softball, they find peace on the diamond.

Read more in the story below.
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69' Liberty gets a fourth to lead 4-0.

Peitl got a nice drop off from Jonathan Bartolo and smashed it home.

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Final- Mount Si 1, Liberty 5

Avery Huh strikes out 9 and hands Mount Si their first loss of the season.

Berlyn Crockett broke the game open with a 2-RBI triple but the Liberty bats scored all 5 runs after the Wildcats began the scoring.

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Final: Liberty 2, Kentridge 1

The Pats sneak out a win in the rain, taking advantage on a wild pitch in the seventh.

KR drops two heart breakers in a row, brutal way to lose.

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@PitchingNinja 1-0 Lib

Liberty scratches across the first run of the afternoon on freshman Matthew Bligh's first hit of his high school career.

Landon Todd had thrown 20 pitches with just 7 of them strikes.

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Tuininga has 4 strikeouts through two innings so far.

Velo and spin both on display, with a sword to boot. @PitchingNinja

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Bit of a regional rivalry here at Liberty where they host Kentridge in some non-league action.

Good pitching matchup as well, Tate Tuininga for Liberty is paired up with Akoni Nazarino for KR.

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Final: Eastside Catholic 79 , Liberty 70

Whitaker had 31 in the losing effort, great season for the Patriots.

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Eastside Catholic leads 59-45 over Liberty at the end of the third quarter.

Calling has a game high 26, he's been unstoppable for the Crusaders.

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Our halftime score, Eastside Catholic 38, Liberty 31.

The Patriots went stone cold in the second quarter starting 0-for-8 in the second quarter. Jackson Whitaker was the only Pat to record a made field goal in the quarter.

EC's Yabi Aklog is dominating inside (see below)

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End of the first between Liberty and Eastside Catholic, with the Patriots in front 24-22.

The Patriots are shooting lights out early on going 8-for-11 from the floor. Tyson Burley leads Liberty with 7.

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@bigplaybenray *Liberty 63 Central Valley 51 😉

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Final: Liberty 61 Central Valley 53

It wasn't pretty but the Patriots punch their ticket to the Tacoma Dome for the second straight season.

Whitaker had 23 in the win.

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We are heading to the fourth as Liberty increases its lead to 21, 47-35 over Central Valley.

Axton has been the lifeline for the Bears keeping them in the game, but picked up his fourth foul in the third quarter.

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At the half, Liberty holds a 32-23 advantage over Central Valley. Jackson Whitaker got going for the Patriots with 12 first half points.

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Wow after one Central Valley leads 6-4 here at Issy.

Liberty is 0-8 from three point land to open up this afternoon. Central Valley has a clear size advantage with Emerson Lippoldt and Orland Axton.

Slugfest so far today on the floor.

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State Boys brackets have been released

2A
No. 8 Renton vs No. 1 Bremerton
3A
Liberty and Auburn Mountainview escape the play-in games. Interesting seeding as far as Bellevue, Prairie and Bellarmine are concerned as well as Enumclaw too
4A
No. 16 Sunnyside vs No. 9 Auburn

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Whitaker also surpassed the 2,000 point mark in his Liberty career.

2,029 points for the best Liberty basketball player in the school's nearly 49 year history.

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Final: Liberty 79 Prep 69

The Patriots advance to the state tournament on the backs of a Jackson Whitaker 43(‼️) point performance.

Stars showed up big for Liberty this afternoon.