Sports

Redskin baseball tops Buffaloes

L&T staff report

The Liberal Redskins traveled to Garden City Tuesday and earned a 14-1 run-rule win over the Buffaloes.

After scoring one run in the first tow innings, the bats came alive in the third for five runs before the Redskins added three more in the fourth. The Redskins scored five more in the fifth, and after holding the Buffaloes scoreless in the bottom of the fifth, the Redskins ended the game early with the 14-1 win.

Marco Alonso led the Redskins with three hits and four RBIs. Zayden Martinez and Broks Kappelmann each had two hits.

Kappelmann pitched all five innings allowing one unearned run on four hits and one walk while striking out nine.

Liberal (3-6) travels to Woodward Friday for a double header.

Thompson rallies to win Bracketbuster Challenge

L&T staff report

Richard Berg led the Bracketbuster Challenge through the Final Four, but Robert Thompson recovered from a slow start and aced the two finalists and the national champion for a come-from-behind victory.

Berg had 187 points up to the Final Four, but he picked North Carolina and Houston to play for the title.

Several others picked UConn and Purdue, and that allowed them to overcome Berg.

Thompson picked UConn to defeat Purdue and ended with 218 points to win the challenge.

Lady Red softball gets 2 wins in Wichita

L&T staff report

Liberal moved to 4-5 overall Saturday after a pair of wins in Wichita.

The Lady Redskins knocked off Wichita South 25-3 in a three-inning game and then knocked off Wichita North 5-0.

Wichita South struggle with pitching against the Lady Redskins by walking 16 batters

Slow start leads to 2-1 loss for Lady Redski soccer at Hays

Special to the Leader & Times

The Lady Red faced a tough defeat against Hays, with a final score of 2-1. Hays took an early lead in the first half, scoring two goals, at the 11th and 34th minutes.

The Lady Red showed resilience in the second half, with a goal coming in the 10th minute from senior Karime Neave, who took advantage of a corner kick delivered by freshman Liliana Santiago.

The defense worked hard in the second half dominating the pitch for the last 40 minutes. The Lady Red managed to keep Hays from scoring any additional goals and possessed the ball the majority of the half. Despite out-shooting the Indians in the second half the Lady Red couldn't find the equalizer.

Liberal fell to 1-2 in the Western Athletic Conference, 3-3 overall.

Scoring summary

11th minute - Hays

34th minute - Hays

10th minute - Neave/Corner Kick Santiago

Lady Red

9 shots on goal

2 corner kicks

7 Keeper saves

Hays Indians

9 shots on goal

6 Corner kicks

8 Keeper Saves

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Lady Redskins struggle against Great Bend

By EARL WATT

• Leader & Times

For three innings, the Lady Redskins and Great Bend Lady Panthers played even, but Liberal struggled to get stop the Great Bend Panthers the rest of the way in a 15-4 loss.

The Lady Redskins trailed 2-1 after the first inning but took a 4-3 lead after the third inning.

But the Lady Panthers pushed five runs across the plate in the fourth inning and three more in the fifth to take an 11-4 lead.

The Lady Redskins struggled art the plate the rest of the way and could not keep pace.

Zoey Torres led the Lady Redskins with three of the team’s six hits.

In Game 2, the Lady Redskins never got on track in a 15-0 run rule loss. Taylor Harding and Miley Janko each had a hit.

Liberal faced Wichita North and South Saturday.