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EARL WATT

   • Leader & Times

GARDEN CITY — Liberal couldn’t buy a basket in the first half, and Garden City almost couldn’t miss. That combination led to a lead for the Buffaloes in a 64-43 Redskin loss.

Garden City opened the game on an 11-0 run that included a pair of threes and strong moves to the basket, and the Redskins committed several turnovers and couldn’t get the ball through the hoop when they had chances.

EARL WATT

   • Leader & Times

James Fieser scored 22 points in a 72-62 win against Southwestern heights Friday which was just enough to reach 1,000 points in his career.

Fieser added 20 more points against Great Bend Monday in an 83-61 loss.

“I picked up a leadership role my sophomore year,” Fieser said. “Being one of the only seniors that plays a lot, we have to pick the younger guys up. If we make a mistake we move on.”

EARL WATT

   • Leader & Times

After a close 62-56 victory against Southwestern Heights, the Lady Redskins traveled to Great Bend to start a three-game-in-four-days streak with a 49-31 win.

Liberal started off hot against the Lady Mustangs with a pair of three pointers from Kiley Rhine and another from Rubi Alvarez in the first quarter to help the Lady Redskins build a 15-8 lead.

But the Lady Mustangs picked up the pace in the second quarter thanks to 11 points from Katelyn Reiss who dropped two threes in the period.

The Lady Mustangs trimmed a point off the Lady Red lead by half, and Liberal led 32-26.

EARL WATT

   • Leader & Times

Ethan Diego cranked in four three pointers in the first half to help the Redskins build a 10-point lead, but another breakdown late led to another heartbreaking loss, this one in overtime to the Guymon Tigers, 77-70.

The Redskins fell behind 8-1 early, but the Redskins battled back to tie the game 14-14.

The Redskins continued to push forward to take a 28-18 lead. But the Tigers battled back and cut Liberal’s lead to 34-30 at half.

The Tigers continued to battle back, and the two teams kept the game within a score for most of the third quarter.