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The Patriot Press

Liberty scholar-athlete receives raucous recognition

Liberty scholar-athlete receives raucous recognition

Grant Rayfield, Online Editor September 29, 2014

Last week, senior Quinn Magendanz won the Century Link High School Athlete of the Week award for his outstanding performance in school and multiple sports. He has not only achieved letters in both football...

Low score, high achievement

Low score, high achievement

Grant Rayfield, Online Editor September 19, 2014

Ben Graham (10) won the State Athlete of the week award from the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA). He was one of 12 state athletes to win this award for his outstanding performance...

Fastpitch aims to bring it all home

Nate Jarvis, Sports Editor September 3, 2014

The softball team has officially accomplished their goal of making it to State. The team enters the tournament with a current record of 13-12. The athletes play its first tournament game on Friday, May...

Soccer shoots for State title but settles with League win

Nate Jarvis, Sports Editor September 3, 2014

The mens soccer team fell short of their goal to win the State Championship game, although they put in a strong effort. The team this year was led by senior captains Colton Ronk, Jacob Muttart and junior...

Adams attains singles victory

Trevor Sytsma, Editor-In-Chief September 3, 2014

After a 5-4 season, womens tennis culminated at the KingCo Tournament on May 14 at Mercer Island High School. The team sent nine out of its 12 varsity athletes to the tournament, where senior Jenny Adams...

Womens golf drives toward the end of the season

Taylor Jackson, Sports Editor September 3, 2014

As the regular season closes, the womens golf team sends multiple golfers to post-season competitions. Despite poor weather, the golfers are still performing well in their matches. On April 21, at Mercer...

Hopes are high for track team as it heads to state

Christine Chappelle, Photography Editor September 3, 2014

The 2014 track and field team has been making history in the books, most recently for breaking school records. The womens 4x100m team of senior Tara Johnson and juniors Shannell Thompson, Danielle Demps,...

Why Liberty’s flip teaching isn’t working

Jacqueline Rayfield, Opinion Editor September 3, 2014

Recently, Liberty’s Pre-Calculus teachers have joined the ranks of teachers using flip teaching. This experimental Pre-Calculus unit is meant to test whether this new teaching technique will be effective...

Liberty’s AP teachers deserve appreciation

September 3, 2014

It’s one in the morning, and your eyes begin to glaze over as you stare at the computer screen, your half-typed essay glaring right back. Completely unable to fathom why any teacher would ever even consider...

Overcoming a new crisis of confidence

Sydney Dybing, Opinion Editor September 3, 2014

Anyone who is aware of history or current events knows that women have made a lot of progress in advancing equality in the last century; however, there is still visible evidence of prejudice against women...

School utters collective post-AP sigh

Shelby Lex, Editor-In-Chief September 3, 2014

Everything you’ve worked towards this entire year is crammed into 190 minutes of pure torture and agonizing stress that makes your head pound. Your hands cramp, your neck aches from looking down, you’re...

RIP Dead Week

Anna Malesis, Managing Editor September 3, 2014

Remember back in first semester of freshman year when finals week was bearing down on you for the very first time? So young and so naïve, you didn’t think to question your teachers when they told you...

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