Loss to Tri-Cities Prep eliminates LBHS The Liberty Bell High School baseball team outhit Tri-Cities Prep and arguably outpitched the reigning 2B state champions in the opening round of this year’s state tournament last Saturday (May 18) in Yakima. In fact, the Mountain Lions played 6 2/3 innings of excellent baseball. But costly errors in […]
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Late rally sends Mountain Lions back to state baseball tournament
Needing two wins in the District 5/6 2B playoffs to make their seventh consecutive appearance at the state tournament, the Liberty Bell High School baseball team got them both at Rec Park in Wenatchee last Saturday (May 11). The Mountain Lions started the day with a 6-0 win over Walla Walla Valley Academy, which allowed […]
Mountain Lions place 7 on All-League team
It might have been both frustrating and encouraging for fans of Liberty Bell High School’s baseball team to follow the state 2B championship game last weekend.
Frustrating because the two finalists, Brewster and Tri-Cities Prep, were the only teams the Mountain Lions were not able to beat this year (Tri-Cities steamrolled Brewster like it …
Win puts LBHS in state baseball tourney again
The Liberty Bell High School baseball team is in the state tournament for the sixth consecutive year, thanks to a resounding 9-2 win over DeSales last weekend in the final round of district playoffs.
The Mountain Lions will play at 1 p.m. in Wenatchee on Saturday (May 19) as the No. 2 seed from District 5, playing the No. 1 seed from …
Mountain Lions split at baseball districts, continue play this weekend
The Liberty Bell High School baseball team split its first two games of post-season play last Saturday (May 5), beating Kittitas in dramatic fashion, 7-6, then falling 10-0 to Tri-Cities Prep in the district tournament’s first round at Moses Lake.
The one win was enough to …
Liberty Bell slugs its way to 3 wins
Liberty Bell High School sports fans probably thought they had seen just about enough of Brewster’s Joe Taylor on the basketball court. But the versatile Bear continues to plague the Mountain Lions on the baseball field, where he pitched a brilliant one-hit, complete-game shutout for …
Brewster edges Mountain Lions in competition for top spot
The Liberty Bell High School baseball team lost its first game of the season last week, a 2-1, home field heartbreaker to league-leading Brewster.
Liberty Bell holds second place in league play behind Brewster. After being held to one run by the Bears, the Mountain Lions…
Liberty Bell’s Alumbaugh, Darwood chosen for All-State baseball competition
Two Liberty Bell High School baseball players, seniors Derek Alumbaugh and Cole Darwood, were invited to play in an All-State feeder game in Cashmere on June 4, and Alumbaugh went on to play in another two …
Mountain Lions fall to Colfax in playoffs
In Liberty Bell’s fifth straight trip to the WIAA State Baseball Tournament, a 12-2 loss to the Colfax Bulldogs, became reminiscent of a story from baseball lore, once told by baseball historian and political writer George Will. In the mid-1950s, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn was …
Lady Lions’ late-season momentum carries into district softball playoffs
The Liberty Bell High School softball team ran its winning streak to double-digits with four victories last week, including a win in its first district playoff game. After the Lady Lions’ 10-0 win over Waterville-Mansfield at home on Saturday (May 6), they have won 10 games in a row dating back to early April. Liberty […]
