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Liberty Girls Swive on home-winning streak

Cosette Dobson, Staff Writer December 3, 2024

Liberty girls swim and dive team kicked off 2024 with a five meet win streak after a comparatively disappointing 2023 season. Swimmers have cited that some of the upgrades made in the 2024 season have...

Leading the green

Marisol Mason, Staff Writer October 25, 2024

The Liberty Boys Golf team has a pressing challenge before them: managing to continue on next year without their current captains, seniors Jay Sakagami and Calvin Cakarnis. Jon Kinsley, the coach of...

Catching up with fall sports

Tyler Rubenstein and Alexis Phung October 25, 2024

Cheer: Neela Ortega (12):    “I know that all of us are ready to go to state, so our big goal is to win state. Especially because we’ve gotten new mats, we’re able to do more which...

How to try out cheer and drill

How to try out cheer and drill

Gracie Aryal, Spotlight Editor April 26, 2024

Cheer and Drill are both seen at many school events, like assemblies and games. With blue and green uniforms, smiles, and dances, both teams bringing school spirit is not an uncommon sight at Liberty. In...

‘The world’s greatest athlete’: Liberty track assistant Bryan Clay

‘The world’s greatest athlete’: Liberty track assistant Bryan Clay

Lucas Counts, Editorial Board Member April 26, 2024

In 2008, Bryan Clay received a hard earned honor many seek, yet few find–his Olympic gold Medal as a member of team USA for winning the decathlon, a track and field event that includes ten events completed...

Right on track: Coach Anderson’s four pillars uplift this year’s track team

Right on track: Coach Anderson’s four pillars uplift this year’s track team

Ellie Nishino, News Editor April 26, 2024

The sun is high in the sky. Sweat beads on your forehead. You have reached the final event of the meet–the four-by-four relay race. Your muscles brace for action as your teammate sprints furiously toward...

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KingCo League will begin multi-classification scheduling for 2024-2025

Kylie McGrath, Editorial Board Member April 26, 2024

Currently, teams play against other schools in the same division during the regular season. So, Liberty and Hazen compete against each other as 3A schools, and Issaquah and Newport play as 4A schools....

Serving up success on the tennis court

Serving up success on the tennis court

David Terayama, Beat Editor March 15, 2024

Spring sports at Liberty has begun and teams are seeing new and returning teammates, excited to start the season off strong. Liberty’s girls’ tennis team in particular welcomed an unfamiliar face-...

Serving new sports: badminton and flag football

Serving new sports: badminton and flag football

Rebecca Day, Senior Writer March 15, 2024

The nets are set and students gather for what many would consider a highlight of PE in the spring: Badminton. While many Liberty High School students can enjoy participating in sports like Basketball or...

Freshman PE is graduating

Freshman PE is graduating

Rebecca Day, Senior Writer March 15, 2024

Noisy locker rooms, the stink of awkward adolescents, and sports, so many sports–these are all the attributes of an experience every Liberty High School student has had in the form of Freshman PE. However,...

A Hop, Skip, and a Kick to the Future

A Hop, Skip, and a Kick to the Future

Matthew Nendick, Senior Writer March 15, 2024

Someone is balancing on their head. Others like her stand as sentries on the gymnasium floor, awaiting the cue. As they had practiced, the music starts. A girl is being lifted into the air, there are flips,...

You are Being Recorded

You are Being Recorded

Tyler Rubenstein, Editorial Board Member February 9, 2024

Referees have always had power in sports - with their whistles, they can influence player discipline, game flow, and ultimately, results. Decisions have always been subjective, though, sometimes coming...

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