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Liberal had a rough day in the field and on the mound against Goddard Eisenhower Tuesday and dropped a double header to the Tigers.
Liberal committed nine errors in Game 1, which contributed to a 14-5 loss.
Blayden Betts pitched two innings and allowed two runs, neither of them earned, and Liberal trailed 2-1.
After playing four games on the road to start the 2025 season, the Lady Redskins softball team finally played in front of a home crowd Tuesday, and despite taking an early lead, the Lady Redskins fell short in an 11-2 loss.
Liberal pushed a run across the plate in the first inning and another in the second to take a 2-0 lead.
Great Bend was able to tie the game in the second with a pair of runs, but it was a six-run fourth for the Lady Panthers that made the difference.
The Lady Red delivered another high-scoring performance, earning a commanding 7-0 shutout win on the road against Great Bend. This marks their fifth win of the season, bringing their record to 5-1 for the first time in school history.
With 32 goals scored so far, the Lady Red boasts the highest-scoring offense in the state across all classifications.
Fifty fights ago in 2005, Dave Rine hosted the first Throwdown Showdown at his studio on Fourth Street.
Since then, his studio has expanded to the former Elks Lodge on North Western Avenue, and his Throwdown Showdown events have grown as well.
Rine has hosted fights in a multiple of venues in Liberal, from his original studio to the National Guard Armory, the Activity Center, the Liberal Recreation Center, outdoor venues and the Ag Building to name a few. He’s also taken the show on the road to Elkhart, Ulysses, Oberlin, Salina, Garden City and even the Dodge City Wireless Arena. And the crowds follow.
After trailing 0-2 at halftime, the Lady Red made a second-half comeback to claim a thrilling victory over Wichita Classical Saturday in the Titan Classic.
The momentum shifted in the second half when Lily Guy capitalized on a rebound following a powerful outside shot from Lily Santiago, for Liberal’s first goal. Moments later, Yuly Molina found Guy with a perfectly timed pass to force a 2-2 draw.
