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EARL WATT

   • Leader & Times

Hays jumped out to a 7-0 start against the Liberal Redskins, and Liberal never recovered in a 70-34 loss Tuesday in The Big House.

Freshman Eathan Hernandez was the first to score for the Redskins, and Xavier Tafoya had a strong move to the basket to cut the lead to 7-4, but turnover after turnover led to fast breaks for the Indians, and by the end of the first quarter Liberal trailed 19-8.

Hays continued to add to the lead and jumped ahead 29-12 with five minutes remaining in the first half.

EARL WATT

   • Leader & Times

The longer the game went between the Liberal Lady Redskins and the Emporia Lady Spartans, the better it got for Liberal.

After an early back-and-forth gave Emporia a 4-1 lead, the Lady Redskins finished the first quarter on an 8-1 run with a pair of free throws from Shamari Lewis, a three from Kylie Rhine and a basket and foul shot from Kamilah Delgado, and the Lady Redskins had a 9-5 lead.

EARL WATT

   • Leader & Times

Liberal scored eight points in a little over five minutes to start the game against emporia Friday, but they only scored 10 points in the final 27 minutes in a 71-18 blowout loss.

Liberal jumped out to an early 4-0 lead with baskets from Xavier Tafoya and Landon Martinez.

But Emporia used the long ball to score nine of their first 13 points, and by the end of the first half Emporia had a 15-10 lead.

L&T staff report

The Lady Redskins followed up their win over Hugoton with a first place finish at the Pratt Girls Invitational Tournament.

The girls topped 22 teams including second-place Kapaun and third-place host Pratt.

The girls claimed gold in three weight classes including Keirsie Carlie, Isabela Gutierrez and Hayleen Martinez.