LBHS basketball

As Liberty Bell High School boys’ basketball coach Kyle Acord pointed out, the Mountain Lions’ league game at Bridgeport on Saturday (Jan. 4) was a matter of shifting momentum. Unfortunately, it was the Mustangs who had the final surge in a 72-67 win over Liberty Bell. There were some good takeaways from the game. Junior […]

The Liberty Bell High School girls’ basketball team launched its season with two non-league games, taking a step up to a 1A opponent and a step down to a 1B foe with different results. But it could have been two wins for the Lady Lions if they had hit a few more free throws on […]

The Liberty Bell High School boys’ basketball team began league play this week after two non-league losses to start the season, both on the road. Class 1A Omak started with a 22-point first quarter and didn’t let up on its way to a 76-34 win over the Mountain Lions on Dec. 4. At Pateros on […]

Comeback falls short against South Bend A stirring fourth-quarter rally wasn’t quite enough to overcome a 17-point deficit as the Liberty Bell High School girls’ basketball team fell to South Bend, 42-36, in 2B regionals play last weekend at Wenatchee. The loss ended the Lady Lions’ season, one win short of making it to the […]

The Liberty Bell High School girls’ basketball team has advanced to the regional playoffs after finishing third in the 2B District 5/6 tournament last weekend. The Lady Lions qualified for the district tournament semi-finals with a 46-44 win over DeSales on Feb. 9 in Hanford. That advanced them to Chelan, where they faced Tri-Cities Prep […]

It was a long way to go for a win, but the Liberty Bell High School girls’ basketball team made the trek to Hanford worth it with a hard-fought 46-44 win over DeSales in the District 5/6 2B playoffs last Saturday (Feb. 9). Because of snowstorms that made travel hazardous, the Lady Lions spent Saturday […]

The Liberty Bell High School boys’ basketball team ended its season with a strong showing against one of the league’s better teams, losing to Oroville 54-43 on the Mountain Lions’ home court on Feb. 5. Discounting the second quarter, Liberty Bell played the Hornets evenly. But Oroville outscored the Mountain Lions by 11 points in […]

The Liberty Bell High School boys’ basketball team broke out for its biggest offensive production of the season with a 68-49 win over visiting Soap Lake last week, but came back down to earth a few days later at Lake Roosevelt, falling 93-36 to the Raiders. The Mountain Lions played their most-consistent basketball of the […]

The Liberty Bell High School boys’ basketball team outplayed visiting Waterville-Mansfield for the final three quarters last Friday (Jan. 11), but fell just short of recovering from a sluggish first quarter in a 40-39 loss.

Earlier in the season, the Mountain Lions beat the Shockers by the identical score at Waterville-Mansfield, and this one was just as dramatic. Liberty Bell had a shot at victory with just a few seconds on the clock, but could not convert. The loss left the Mountain Lions with a 2-7 record in league play, 3-10 overall.

Cold shooting resulted in the Mountain Lions trailing by 12-4 at the end of the first quarter. But three-pointers by Simon Studen and Dusty Patterson boosted Liberty Bell to a 19-19 tie just before the end of the half, which ended with Waterville-Mansfield up 22-19.

The Liberty Bell High School girls’ basketball team shook off a slow start and finished with a rush to beat visiting Waterville-Mansfield, 60-51, last Friday (Jan. 11).

The victory, the Lady Lions’ eighth straight, avenged an earlier 45-42 defeat at Waterville-Mansfield, and kept Liberty Bell near the top of league standings. As of early this week, Brewster stood at the head of the pack with a record of 10-0 in league play, Waterville-Mansfield was 8-3, Liberty Bell 7-2 (10-3 overall) and Lake Roosevelt 7-3.

Thanks to a rash of turnovers, the Lady Lions had trouble even managing to get shots early in the first quarter, falling behind 9-2. The Shockers held a 12-8 advantage at the end of the first frame.