Lady Eagles begin season with 3-1 record

The Liberty Lady Eagles are off to a fantastic start on the 2021-2022 basketball season as they currently sit at a 3-1 record.

When asked about the upcoming season and how the girls have played so far, Head Coach Elijah Ernst had this to say, "I am very encouraged with our early season progress! We have started the season 3-1 with our only setback vs. Ellington. As the year continues, we hope to start seeing different mistakes on film and in play. These errors will be our guide moving forward, as we monitor future successes. We are seeing strong play from several players and want to see them to continue to progress throughout our year. We are excited to see how this year unfolds!"

The Liberty Lady Eagles began their basketball season at Alton on November 22. The Lady Eagles defeated the Alton Lady Comets 79-63. The game was Head Coach Ernst's 200th career win.

The Eagles dominated the Comets in the first quarter scoring 29 points to Alton's 11. Alton tried to creep ahead scoring 15 points in the second quarter to Liberty's 13, but Liberty maintained their lead by scoring 18 points in the third to Alton's 15 and 19 points in the fourth to Alton's 22. For the game, Sr. Abby Woolsey led with 19 points followed by So. Reagan Wells with 18, Sr. Lexi Shumpert with 15, Sr. Kenna Woolsey with 10, Jr. Lyla Cornman with 7, Jr. Chloe Kelts and Fr. Hadley Chowning with 5 points each.

The Lady Eagles traveled to Van Buren to participate in the Van Buren Lady Dog Classic on Monday, November 29. Liberty defeated Viburnum 89-37 in the first game of the tourney. Liberty shot ahead straight away in the first quarter scoring 31 points to Viburnum's 6, then again in the second quarter scoring 26 points to Viburnum's 15. The third and fourth quarter had Liberty scoring 23 and 9 points to Viburnum's 7 and 9 points. For the game, Sr. A. Woolsey led with 26 points followed by Sr. K. Woolsey and Sr. Shumpert with 9 points each, So. Wells with 7, Fr. Chowning and So. Macey Bolander with 6 points each, So. Maci Tharp with 5 points, Fr. Addy Rutledge, Jr. Sydnee Lafevers, Jr. Cornman with 4 points each, So. Kaylie Foster with 3 points, Jr. Kelts and Sr. Kiley Taber with 2 points each.

The second evening of the tournament on Tuesday, November 30 had the Lady Eagles facing off against the Doniphan Lady Dons. In a nail biter victory the Lady Eagles won 57-56. For the game Sr. A. Woolsey led with 15 points followed by Sr. K. Woolsey with 9. So. Wells and Jr. Cornman had 6 points each for the game. Sr. Shumpert and Jr. Kelts had 4 points each followed by Jr. Lafevers with 2 points.

The tournament wrapped for the Lady Eagles on Thursday, December 2 when they lost the championship game against Southern Reynolds County 52-68.

Next up for the Lady Eagles is a home game against Dora on Tuesday, December 14 followed by another home game against East Carter on Thursday, December 16.