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.
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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.
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.
@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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.