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Special to the Leader & Times

Monday night the Lady Warriors completed the season sweep by defeating Kenneth Henderson by a score of 36-16. 

Leading scorers were Emily Corral with 17 points, Vanessa Mendoza had 10 points, and Cecilia Holder had six points. 

Leading rebounder was Cecilia Holder with 10 rebounds.

L&T staff report

Liberal Lady Redskins (52), Salina South (44)

The Lady Redskins started the season with a road win against the Salina South Lady Cougars Thursday.

Kylie Rhine led the Lady Redskins with 18 points, and Shamari Lewis scored 16. Maliyah Mullens had 10.

The Lady Redskins got off to a strong start and had an 11-5 lead. The Lady Redskins extended that lead to 12-7, and Liberal pushed out to a 33-24 lead in the third quarter.

The Lady Redskins maintained their lead and went on to win 52-44.

The Lady Redskins were four of nine form three-point range and made 12 of 21 free throws.

L&T staff report

Seward trailed Pratt at half but rallied in the second half for an 81-79 win.

The Saints trailed early and by halftime the Beavers had a 39-33 lead. But the Saints outscored the Beavers 48-40 in the second half to secure the two-point win.

Lucas N’Gombo led the Saints with 17 points. Korbin Dowdell came off the bench to score 13. Awit Mamer and BJ McKinnie each had 12.

Seward was only three of 15 from the three-point line.

Seward hosts Fort Hays Tech Saturday.

L&T staff report

The Lady Saints moved to 8-3 overall, 3-2 in the Jayhawk Conference after a 71-62 win.

The Lady Saints trailed early 21-16 at the end of the first quarter, but the Lady Saints picked up the pace in the second quarter and outscored the Lady Beavers 25-11 in the period to take a 41-33 lead.

The Lady Beavers applied tough defense in the third quarter and held the Lady Saints to only 13 points and trimmed the Seward lead to 54-48.

But the Lady Saints were able to pick up the defensive pressure in the final period to secure the 71-62 win.

Avery Marchino led the Lady Saints with 19 points, and A’Neya Chambers came off the bench to score 17 points. Destiny Alexander added 12. Seward hosted Fort Hays Tech Saturday.