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Liberty claims home openers

By GARY JOHNSON ~ gjohnson@t-g.com
Posted 11/12/20

Liberty Middle School claimed a pair of wins against Fayetteville City in the home opener on Monday evening. The Lady Patriots cruised to a 44-13 victory while the Patriots walked away with a 43-30 win. Anna Haskins pitched in a game-high 23 points, including a three-pointer, while Taylor Wessner added 13 tallies for the Lady Patriots...

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Liberty Middle School claimed a pair of wins against Fayetteville City in the home opener on Monday evening.

The Lady Patriots cruised to a 44-13 victory while the Patriots walked away with a 43-30 win.

Anna Haskins pitched in a game-high 23 points, including a three-pointer, while Taylor Wessner added 13 tallies for the Lady Patriots.

Liberty held a 17-4 advantage at the end of the first quarter, led 32-4 at the intermission and was in control 39-7 going into the fourth quarter.

The Patriots built and early 11-4 lead after the opening quarter and took a 23-13 lead into the half.

Fayetteville City bounced back in the third period and held a 28-26 advantage going into the fourth quarter where the Patriots outscored them 17-2 to claim the victory.

Jack Conditt and Braxton Landers led the winners with 11 points each while Mason Shavers and Jason Cullum added nine points apiece.

***Girls

Fayetteville City 4 0 3 6 — 13

Liberty 17 15 7 5 — 44

***Boys

Fayetteville City 4 9 15 2 — 30

Liberty 11 9 6 17 — 43