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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...

Overachieving athletes prepare to be undergraduates

Overachieving athletes prepare to be undergraduates

Addison Milne, Editorial Board Member February 9, 2024

The daunting feeling that comes with the thought of college is something that almost everyone faces. The overwhelming amount of applications to go through, the countless personal essays to write, and the...

Liberty boys' swive make a dive for victory

Liberty boys’ swive make a dive for victory

Lillian Antin, Social Director February 9, 2024

Swaying side to side huddled in a big circle, the Boys’ Swim and Dive team prepares to compete, the lyrics of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” ringing in their ears. This is only the start of the things...

Wrestling: A tough Hill to climb

Wrestling: A tough Hill to climb

Ari Shin, Staff Writer February 9, 2024

This year’s wrestlers have been admirably tussling their way through the sport, but a particular student has taken their place as this seasons’ cream of the crop and she is ready to girlboss her way...

Shafer and Thoresen receive Dawson Solly R.O.C.K. Award

Shafer and Thoresen receive Dawson Solly R.O.C.K. Award

Kylie McGrath, Editorial Board Member February 9, 2024

Hardwork, grit, determination–all rewarding attributes to any player on the field. But the Dawson Solly R.O.C.K. award recognizes these traits and more for players off the field.  The scholarship...

Dunking on the competition

Dunking on the competition

Amelia Matin, Beyond Liberty Editor February 9, 2024

What the Liberty boys’ basketball team lacks in size, they make up for in spirit. The team this year has been playing extraordinarily well, but their success has not come easy. They have lost key...

Women's weight training: a new, up“lifting” class

Women’s weight training: a new, up“lifting” class

Kelsey Burnet, Photography Editor December 1, 2023

"It's really supportive. I think it definitely helps that it’s an all-girls class. So it's not like anyone feels uncomfortable,” sophomore Kathryn Langworthy said. The new women's weight training...

Dawson Solly R.O.C.K. Award: honoring leadership and resilience

Dawson Solly R.O.C.K. Award: honoring leadership and resilience

Lucas Counts, Editorial Board Member December 1, 2023

A dedicated football, basketball and track athlete, bassoon player in the band program, and sports editor of the Patriot Press–Dawson Solly, a 2012 Liberty graduate, worked hard in both sports and academics,...

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