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Bruce Vagt adds potential to an already strong swim team

Sylvie Cao, Managing Editor December 22, 2018

Typically, coaches have an idea of their team’s skills, either because players are returning or because they have had a conversation with incoming players before tryouts. This was not the case for Kris...

Flab to fab: becoming an Instagram model

Alex Diamond, Senior Writer December 22, 2018

Monday: I woke up Monday morning absolutely pumped to try out my new vegan protein powder in a Pinterest-approved breakfast shake, but only managed to clog my blender with whatever green gack Whole Foods...

Rowing pushes upstream at Liberty

Karinn Sytsma, Editor in Chief December 22, 2018

“On a really nice day, the water is like crystal. When the blades feather across the water, it’s the best sound in the world. I love it,” freshman Lucy Hegenderfer said. Many Patriots, like Hegenderfer,...

Boys wrestling digs in deep

Sylvie Cao, Managing Editor December 22, 2018

With a new coach and whole season ahead to grow and develop, the boy’s wrestling team has set its sights on postseason to motivate them through grueling weekend practices and conditioning. “My goal...

Girls basketball graced  with new leadership

Girls basketball graced with new leadership

Alex Diamond, Senior Writer December 20, 2018

We’ve all heard the cliché of a great leader pulling the home team through adversity to win the championship, but what happens when that fearless leader isn’t there? This is the struggle girls basketball...

Boys basketball faces  new challenges

Boys basketball faces new challenges

Margaret Baumgartner, Sports Editor December 19, 2018

“There is never a time where I want to give up. In my mind, I constantly ask what I can do to help my team? I can go get a rebound, go dive on the floor for a loose ball, go pick my teammate up, or go...

Liberty Sports Fall Season Recaps

Liberty Sports Fall Season Recaps

Margaret Baumgartner, Sports Editor December 18, 2018

Healthy life, healthy food

Margaret Baumgartner, Sports Editor December 8, 2018

Yoga Fun! Downward facing dog: keeping your legs straight, lean down and touch the ground with your hands, creating a triangle with your body and the ground. Slowly walk your feet back to move...

Throwing the perfect spiral: my journey to become Tom Brady

Bridget Ury, Photography Editor December 2, 2018

Monday- I started off the week on a poor note. I woke up at six and “immediately” drank 20 oz of water. Instead of drinking a fruit smoothie then working out, I went back to sleep. For breakfast I...

Finding “purpose” as girls in football

November 30, 2018

Q & A: Heaven Manning (12) Q: When did you start playing? A: I decided at the end of last year at my brother’s football banquet. I told Coach Valach that I was going to play football. He didn’t...

Boys Golf advances to Districts

Margaret Baumgartner, Sports Editor November 30, 2018

With only two freshmen, four sophomores, and eight juniors on the team this year, Liberty boys golf team is fighting its way to districts. “We are a pretty young team this year, so we have struggled...

Looking back on running forward

Lillianne Harris, Staff Writer November 23, 2018

It’s cold and rainy. Your calves are sore. Your foot is cramping, and there’s another runner on your tail that’s pushing you to ramp up your pace, even though you feel like you can’t possibly go...

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