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By Roger Harnack
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Lancers headed to state 2B volleyball tournament

Liberty football team upended in Brewster

 

Last updated 11/11/2021 at 9:31am

Matthew O. Stephens.

Liberty freshman Mitchell Hanegan keeps a comfortable lead on Liberty Bell junior Jackson Schmekel in the boys 5,000-meter race.

SPANGLE – The Liberty Lancers girls volleyball team is headed to the Class 2B state volleyball tournament in the Yakima Valley SunDome.

The local girls are seeded No. 13 and will open state play against No. 4-seed Goldendale at 9:45 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 11.

The Lancers earned a spot in the state tournament after sweeping both the Asotin Panthers and the Jenkins (Chewelah) Cougars in the final two games of the District 7 tournament Thursday, Nov. 4.

Matthew O. Stephens.

At left, Liberty junior Angelina Widman, left, keeps an eye on Garfield-Palouse sophomore Ashley Hightree as they run side-by-side in the Class 1B/2B girls race.

The Lancers opened district with a 3-2 win over Jenkins, but lost in the semifinals to Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna, 3-2.

Dropped to the loser-out consolation rounds, they swept the Panthers and Cougars for a state berth, the last qualifying spot in the Northeast 2B league.

The other NE2B teams making it to state are No. 2-seeded Colfax and No. 10-seeded Lind-Ritzville.

Lind-Ritzville opens state against No. 7 Raymond and Colfax opens with No. 15 Wahkiakum.

Those games start at 9:45 a.m., too, in the SunDome.

Liberty football

The Liberty Lancers football season came to an end last Friday, Nov. 5, in a District 6/7 crossover game at Brewster.

The Brewster Bears won that game, 41-6.

At right, Liberty junior Camie Bothman digs deep on a serve in the win over the Jenkins (Chewelah) Cougars tn the District 7 Class 2B volleyball tournament Nov. 4 in Spangle.

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Roger Harnack, Owner/Publisher

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Roger Harnack is the owner/publisher of Free Press Publishing. Having grown up Benton City, Roger is an award-winning journalist, columnist, photographer, editor and publisher. He's one of only two editorial/commentary writers from Washington state to ever receive the international Golden Quill. Roger is dedicated to the preservation of local media, and the voice it retains for Eastern Washington.

 

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