By Don Nelson The Liberty Bell High School’s girls’ basketball team started Saturday’s home game against Bridgeport with only seven players suited up. But that was more than enough, as the Lady Lions registered their highest point total of the season and tripled-up the Fillies, 66 – 22. Sophomore Tommie Ochoa was out with an […]
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Mountain Lions drop nail-biter to Bridgeport in OT
Liberty High School boys’ basketball coach Kyle Acord has been hoping that his team would find the consistency to put together four good quarters of play in a single game.
The Mountain Lions did just that on Saturday (Jan. 6) against visiting Bridgeport. They played ….
Shorthanded Mountain Lions come up short at Cascade tournament
The Liberty Bell High School boys’ basketball team, playing with a reduced roster over the holidays, lost to two 1A teams last week at the Cascade Hoop Classic in Leavenworth. Host Cascade outdistanced the Mountain Lions, 56-30, the tournament’s opening game. Senior Carson Gunnip-Hunter had a productive outing for Liberty Bell, leading the team with […]
Lady Lions drop two close games at Cascade Hoop Classic
The Liberty Bell High School girls’ basketball team was missing leading scorer Katie Labanauskas and Emily Paul, both out with the flu, for two games at the Cascades Hoop Classic in Leavenworth last week, but the Lady Lions played two competitive games against bigger opponents. In the opening game of the tourney, the Lady Lions […]
Lady Lions make it a close game at Omak
The Liberty Bell High School girls’ basketball team played even-up with Class 1A Omak on the Pioneers’ home court for most of the game, but fell just short of an upset in a 60-53 loss on Dec. 19. Senior Lauren Ochoa had her…
Omak prevails over visiting Mountain Lions
Omak’s powerful 1A squad overmatched the Liberty Bell High School boys’ basketball team on the Pioneers’ home court, 61-17, on Dec. 19. “It was a tough night against a good 1A basketball team for us,” Liberty Bell coach Kyle Acord said “We had a pretty good start, but from the second quarter on we struggled […]
Lady Lions keep pace with two league wins
The Liberty Bell High School girls’ basketball team had two decisive road wins last week to stay near the top of the Central Washington 2B standings.
After a 43-27 win at Oroville on Dec. 12 and a 57-33 victory at Soap Lake on Dec. 15….
Dramatic last-second win highlights Lady Lions’ week
Seven seconds can seem like an eternity in basketball.
In fact, the final 7 seconds in the Liberty Bell High School girls’ basketball team’s dramatic 50-49 win over visiting Waterville-Mansfield on Dec. 5 took several minutes to conclude.
With those few ticks left on the clock in a see-saw game …
Mountain Lion boys drop three basketball games in league play
By Don Nelson The Liberty Bell High School boys’ basketball team found ways to put some points on the board in a home-court loss to Waterville-Mansfield last week, but baskets were harder to come by in two subsequent losses to Lake Roosevelt and perennial powerhouse Brewster. On Dec. 5., the Mountain Lions fell to the […]
Mountain Lions look for turnaround in 2017-18 basketball season
The Liberty Bell High School boys’ basketball team hopes to put last season in the rearview mirror as the Mountain Lions regroup for the 2017-18 schedule. Heart and hustle were always evident during the challenging 2016-17 season…
