Liberty Athletics

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LIBERTY ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES

5-11-12 - Liberty finished 5th @ District, led by State qualifier Krysta Dawson who was 9th overall.

4-23-12 - Last week Liberty had three matches, winning 2 of the three. Liberty won the first match against Juanita by 30 strokes! Krysta Dawson was the medalist with a 44 and Alex Duvall placed second with a 45. On Wednesday, Liberty lost a close match to Bellevue at home. Alex Duvall was the medalist with a 44 and Krysta plaed second with a 45. Thursday's match was a win against Mt. Si in the pouring rain. Krysta had a second place finish, Kirsten solders placed fourth and Brandi Petryk finished 5th. Our league record is now 2-2, and for the season we are 6 -4

3-22-12 - Lady patriot golfers won their tri team match against Interlake and Mt. Si with a team score of 265. Alex DuVall was the match medalist with an outstanding 42. Hanna Hanson, Taylor Woo and Christine Chappelle also had great days and continue to improve.

3-19-12 - Liberty placed second in our fist practice match of the season with Bellevue and Sammamish at Bellevue Municipal Golf Course. Highlights included Alex DuVall placing 2nd overall and Freshman Taylor Woo shooting a 59 in her first match ever!

BOYS SOCCER

Congratulations to the following soccer players who were selected to the Kingco 3A all league teams.

1st Team
Jared Bales Defender 11
Joe Dapper Defender 11

2nd Team
Nate Mak Goalkeeper 11
Eric Warlick Forward 12
Josh Johnson Forward 11

Honorable Mention
Nick Turner Defender 11
Colton Ronk Midfielder 10
Scott McLaren Defender 12
Connor Noblat Midfielder 9

5-7-12- Liberty lost in the 1st round to Sammamish, 2-1 to end their season.

5-4-12 - The Liberty soccer team finished the regular season in convincing fashion by downing the Interlake Saints 3-0 on Senior night.

5-1-12 - Liberty couldn't overcome a fast start from league leading Mercer Island, losing 2-1. Josh Johnson got the score witha an assist from Erick Warlick.

BASEBALL

5-15-12 - Ben Wessell only allowed 3 hits but it lead to a 2 run lead that Liberty couldn't overcome, falling 2-1 to West Seattle in District play.

5-12-12 - Liberty moves on to the state play-in game after defeating Bellevue 8-4 and Lake Washington 7-6 in back-to-back loser-out Kingco tournament games on Saturday at Bannerwood Park. Early offense by the Patriots batting order in both games provided pitchers Ben Wessel, Blake Reeve, and Monte Korsmoe with enough to get the job done against two teams who twice defeated Liberty during the regular season.

As the #2 Kingco seed, Liberty plays #5 Metro (West Seattle HS) to gain entry into the state bracket. This game is scheduled for Tuesday, 5/15, at 6:30pm at White Center's Steve Cox Memorial Park.

5-10-12 - The Patriots could not solve Mt Si's ace pitcher in a 6-1 game of the 2nd round Kingco tournament matchup. Loren Archibald collected Liberty's only base hit (2B) and run on a wild pitch all the way from 2nd base. The boys now move to the double-elimination backet to try to keep their season alive

5-8-12 - Liberty took their 1st game in the Kingco tourny, defeating Mercer Island 7-2.

5-2-12 Liberty outlasted Juanita 10-9 to finish out regular league play, placing 4th in KingCo 3A with a 6-8 record after starting the season 1-5. Offensive production came from Garrett Hughes (2-3 3RBI), Luke Oman (2-5 2RBI), Jalen Mano (3-4 1RBI), Darren Peterson (3-4 1RBI), and Nick Short (2-3). Up next is a first round KingCo tournament matchup against Mercer Island on Tuesday, 5/8, at 4:00pm at Bannerwood Park in Bellevue.

4-30-12 - The Patriots celebrated Senior Day by pounding out 15 hits, while pitcher Monte Korsmoe limited Sammamish to 2 hits and 0 earned runs, as the home team won 13-1. Ben Wessel (3-3 2RBI), Jack Brady (2-2 1BB 2RBI), Blake Reeve (1-1 2BB 1RBI), Monte Korsmoe (1-3 2RBI), Nick Short (2-3 1RBI), Garrett Hughes (2-2 1BB 1RBI), Luke Oman (2-4 1RBI), and Jalen Mano (2-3 1BB) produced at the plate.

FASTPITCH

5-16-12 - Liberty Wins State Spot - Liberty dispatched Chief Sealth in the first round of Sea-King District play, and then shredded the Holy Names pitching to advance to the Sea-King semi-finals on May 17. By reaching the semi-finals, Liberty has assured themselves a bid to the 2012 State 3A Fastpitch Tournament.
The victories were truly a team effort, with every player contributing. Sidney Hopper and Amber Smith both took the pitcher's circle to shut down Chief Sealth 17-5, while Sydney pitched a complete second game against Holy Names in the 10-7 win

5/11/12- Patriots Advance to District Playoffs!!
Liberty persevered against a tough Bellevue squad for a 5-2 victory, advancing as the Kingco #4 seed to district playoffs. Bellevue was eliminated from post-season play, having finished in the top 4 in state the past two years

5-2-12 - The Patriots bested Sammamish 12-6 on Senior Night, the final home game of the 2012 season. Senior Amber Smith started the game and earned the win, pitching 4 innings and giving up 1 earned run. Offensive accolades go out to Senior Amber Smith (2 for 2, 1 RBI), Senior Ana Faoro (2 for 5 with a double, 1 RBI, 1 run), and Senior Taylor Weik (1 for 4 with a triple, 1 RBI, and 1 run scored). Defensive kudos to Senior Denise Blohowiak for a solid performance at shortstop and as a leader

5-1-12 - Liberty hosted Lake Washington in an arduous defensive battle, losing 3-2 in one of the best games of the season. The Patriots led through the 5th inning, yielding the lead and the game to a succession of Kangaroo hits and rare miscues in the 6th. Sydney Hopper pitched the complete game, walking 2 and striking out 3. On offense, Miranda Bukantz went 2 for 2 with 1 RBI, Alyssa Wash went 2 for 3, Joshilynn Wolff went 1 for 3 with 1 RBI, and LIza Van Camp went 1 for 3 with 2 runs scored.

TRACK & FIELD

5-18-12 - In their best District showing in school history, the Girls took 3rd place in team scoring to advance 11 athletes to State. The Boys also finished 3rd and send 6 to State. 3 school records were broken: Danielle Richards - 10' 0" Pole Vault, Hiron Redman - 1:53.08 800M & Megan Chucka - 5:10.55 1600M

5-16-12 - Liberty advanced 4 to State on the 1st day of District action. Josh Gordon won the Triple Jump, Trevor Merritt was 3rd in the Javelin, Hamilton Noel was 4th in Pole Vault and Megan Chucka was 4th in the 3200. All will compete next week in Tacoma

5-11-12 - The Girls repeated as Kingco Champions, beating Juanita by less than 3pts to cap their undefeated dual meet season. Megan Chucka led the girls with 2 Golds with Megan Larson, Emily Pestil-Dimmit & Danielle Richards also picking up League Titles.

Josh Gordon broke his High Jump record with a 6' 7" leap on his way to 4 gold medals but it wasn't enough as the Boys finished 3rd.

5-3-12 - 2 more school records were broken @ the ISD meet. Megan Chucka lowered her 1600 best again. Josh Gordon took down the 1992 best in the 400M.

5-2-12 - Senior Danielle Richards broke the school Record by 3" in the Pole Vault, jumping 9' 9".

4-28-12 - The boys took 3rd in the 78 team Shoreline Invite led by Josh Gordons 2 seconds & 2 third place finishes. The Boys finished with an exciting 3rd pl. 4x400. Over @ the Lake Wash. Invite, Megan Larson broke the 800m record for good with a 2:19.12 in 6th, then ran on the 4th place 4x400 team.

4-26-12 - Liberty Girls Dual Meet Champs, Boys Co-Champs
Led by Emily Pestl-Dimmitt's 2 wins, the girls team went 7-0 with their win over Lake Washington to claim the 3A Kingco regular season title. The Patriot Boys team also won, 95-45 to go 6-1 for the season.

4-20 - WIAA Athlete of the Week - Josh Gordon

GIRLS TENNIS

Contact information:

Athletic Director: Stark Porter
Activities Coordinator / Dean of Students: Michelle Munson
Athletics & Facilities Secretary: Kim Murphy
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