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Despite a career game for Muhammed Jobe, the Seward County Community College men's basketball team was overmatched in a 71-52 loss at Garden City Community College Saturday.
The Saints, who extended their losing streak to seven games, fell to 1-11 in the Jayhawk Conference and 2-15 overall. Seward opens the second half of conference play against Cloud County at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Greenhouse.
Liberal Lady Redskins wrestlers secured fourth place with a team score of 149.5 at the Best of the West 2025 tournament highlighted by standout individual performances.
Keirsie Carlile placed second in her division, earning 18.5 points with dominant wins by fall and tech fall before losing in the finals.
Genesis Orrantia finished third and contributed 21 points, including multiple victories by fall and tech fall.
With matches coming down to the final seconds and scores being razor thin, the Lady Redskins battled the Hays Lady Indians on the mat in The Big House Tuesday and came up one point short, 40-39.
With the score so close, near falls became crucial, and weight match-ups also changed throughout the dual as each side had to balance their open classes.
Keirsie Carlile started the Lady Redskins off with a win, and the Lady Redskins started to build a lead in the lower weight classes.
But the middle weights started to fall to Hays and in the end, Liberal was one point short, 40-39.
After several blowout losses, the Redskins were more competitive in Garden City Thursday in a 69-61 loss.
James Fieser continued to set the pace for the Redskins with 30 points in the loss.
The Lady Redskins couldn’t find the basket in the first half against Garden City Tuesday but rallied in the second half to escape with a 44-41 win over the Lady Buffaloes.
The Lady Redskins struggled to make shots in the first half, and while the defense continued to make shots difficult for Garden City, the lack of offense left Liberal trailing 17-11 at half.
The Lady Redskins continued to chase the Lady Buffaloes for most of the second half until the Lady Redskins had their first lead since the opening moments of the game.
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