Delaney shatters LBHS record for 3,200 meters Dexter Delaney set a new all-time Mountain Lion mark in the 3,200-meter run at the WIAA 2B State Championships in Yakima on Saturday, and Kady Hammer earned two 1st-place finishes in the Ambulatory Division, to highlight Liberty Bell High School’s performances. Nine of the 10 competing Liberty Bell […]
Methow mountain bikers host WSCL state championships at Liberty Bell on Sunday
Somewhere in the neighborhood of 350-500 teenaged mountain bikers are expected to invade the valley this weekend as the Methow Cycling Team hosts the 2023 Washington Student Cycling League (WSCL) state championships on Sunday (June 4). The Sean McCabe Trails complex on the Methow Valley School District campus is the site as racing gets underway […]
Mountain Lions qualify 11 for state track meet
Dexter Delaney sets district 3,200M record Liberty Bell High School sophomore Dexter Delaney claimed the top spot in both the 1,600-meter and 3,200M runs in last Wednesday’s District 6 Track and Field championships at Oroville High School. His two victories led the way for the Mountain Lions, who qualified 11 athletes for the WIAA State […]
Methow Valley Rodeo marks 51st year of action this weekend
If it’s Memorial Weekend in the Methow Valley it’s also Rodeo Weekend at the Twin Lakes Rodeo Grounds. Saturday and Sunday, beginning at 1 p.m. and running until about 4 p.m. each day, the Methow Valley Memorial Weekend Rodeo is in its 51st year. A full menu of events are on tap this year including […]
Drivers, riders line up for ‘the highway’ opening
The North Cascades National Scenic Highway opened last Wednesday (May 10), just in time for Winthrop’s ’49ers Days festivities. Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) staff Jason Newman and Jesse Gurney swung the open gates at the Silver Star Sno-park at precisely 10 a.m., and the 20 vehicles waiting in line began the first ascents […]
Mountain Lions ousted by Tigers, 9-2, to end season
The 2023 baseball season came to a sudden end at Mountain Lion field for Liberty Bell High School last Tuesday in a playoff loss to the Tonasket Tigers, 9-2. Tonasket pitcher Joe Thornton dominated the home team, throwing a no-hitter through the first five innings, eventually giving up three hits and only two runs. The […]
LBHS tunes up for post-season at Bridgeport Invite
Marit Nelson, Dexter Delaney and Will Halpin each took home 1st-place ribbons and several other Liberty Bell High School distance runners also placed highly at the Bridgeport Invitational track meet last Friday (May 5). Nelson set a personal best of 5:45 in winning the 1,600-meter run as the Liberty Bell freshman also climbed up a […]
Aidan Sands returns from Norway with medals, memories
Local junior Nordic skier and biathlete Aidan Sands recently brought home a pocketful of medals from a junior international biathlon competition at the Liatoppen Ski Centre, northwest of Oslo in central Norway. Sands, a 15-year-old freshman at Liberty Bell High School, won gold in the team 4.5K x 3 skier relay event, bronze in the […]
Cody Cupp makes mountain bike competition a full-time ride job
Mountain biking is a recreational activity for most people. For Methow Valley native Cody Cupp, it’s a profession and way of life. Cupp’s primary source of income is found in the dirt and gravel long-distance races of the Belgian Waffle Ride series and other events that often cover 70-100 miles in one race. As a […]
Liberty Bell boys take 1st place in home track meet
The warmest and calmest day of spring greeted athletes from Chelan and Okanogan High Schools for a scaled-down version of the Liberty Bell Invitational at Mountain Lion Stadium last Tuesday (April 25). The Mountain Lion boys took the championship in their meet, outpointing Chelan 60.5 to the Goats’ 45.5. Okanogan scored 25 points. In the […]
