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Seward County caught fire early on Tuesday and never looked back as they steamrolled past the Butler Grizzlies in a ferocious 3-0 sweep to win their second straight conference game and improve their spot in the Jayhawk standings.

The Lady Saints opened the match with a barrage of kills against the opposing Grizzlies, with Marcelina Pyka helping to put Seward in front midway through the first with a kill down the middle for a 12-11 lead. Mariana Silva Rose up high for another Lady Saints kill to propel Seward County ahead by four to keep the momentum rolling with a 19-15 lead.

EARL WATT

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By the time Liberal had its third snap form scrimmage, the Redskins already had a 13-0 lead to start a 70-6 romp over Wichita North in the season opener.

Xavier Porras gave the Redskins the early 7-0 lead when he broke free on the second play from scrimmage on a 59-yard run.

Landon Martinez turned defense into offense three plays later when he intercepted a pass and returned it 30 yards for a touchdown and a 13-0 lead.

Freshman quarterback Tevin Cotter ran his third play form scrimmage and threw his first pass of his career — a 52-yard touchdown to Anthony Aragonez, and the Redskins had a 21-0 lead with 6:22 to play in the first quarter.

L&T staff report

After knocking off Derby 3-1 in the season opener in the Titan Classic, the Liberal Redskins soccer team has moved to 3-0 with two more wins.

The Redskins won their second game with an 8-0 mercy rule win over Wichita Heights.

The win was the first mercy rule win for the Redskins under the new eight-goal rule. The previous rule required 10 goals.

L&T staff report

Despite taking leads in each of the games against Hutchinson, the Seward County Lady Saints couldn’t maintain momentum and dropped a three-set match to the Hutchinson Lady Blue Dragons Wednesday in the Greenhouse.

Seward had a 6-3 lead in Game 1, but the Lady Blue Dragons battled back with six straight points to take a 9-6 lead.