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EARL WATT

   • Leader & Times

Liberal continued to lead the state with the fewest goals allowed after shutting out the Garden City Buffaloes in a 2-0 win Tuesday at Redskin Field.

The shutout was the sixth of the season for the Redskins.

Suain Moncayo also became part of Redskin soccer history by tying Eduardo Moreno as the all-time leading scorer with 58 goals. And it would take solid defense to pull out the win, because the Buffaloes also limited the number of shots Liberal had at the Garden City goal.

Special to the Leader & Times

Hutchinson — Two Liberal High School Golfers traveled to Hutchinson Thursday to participate in the Hutchinson High Invitational. This was, by far, the largest tournament the Lady Redskins will play in this year with 22 teams and 114 golfers.

Manhattan won the tournament with a team score of 297 with Maize (331) finishing second. The rest of the top five schools were McPherson (349), Andover (350)  and Garden City (354). Hays finished 12th with a 397 and Dodge City finished 18th with a 460.

EARL WATT

   • Leader & Times

After giving up two late scores to Dodge City a week earlier, the Liberal Redskins reversed the script and put Friday night’s game away against Garden City by scoring 16 points late for a 23-6 win.

The Angry Red defense set the tone early with a three-and-out on Garden City’s first possession.

The Redskins took an early 7-0 lead by scoring on their first offensive drive of the game. Xavier Tafoya capped a 62-yard drive with a 13-yard touchdown run for a 7-0 advantage.

EARL WATT

   • Leader & Times

Despite spending most of the game near the Hays goal, the Liberal Redskins couldn’t connect for a goal until the final six minutes of the game, and a dominating defense made it stick in a 1-0 Redskin win.

Liberal took several long shots in the first half, but most sailed above and around the goal.

The Hays goalkeeper made some saves as well, and by halftime the game was knotted at 0-0.