Liberty Lacrosse Club forms new Eastside youth program
May 1, 2013
By Greg Farrar
Max Batali (20), Liberty freshman defender, and Wyatt Johnson (14), junior defender, go after the ball against Tahoma attacker Blake Lucky (left) and midfielder Dakoda Barger in a lacrosse match April 24 at Maywood Middle School.
The Liberty Lacrosse Club has garnered enough interest to expand its program to include players younger than high school on the Eastside. Read more
Liberty lacrosse club gets win against South Kitsap
May 3, 2012
Sophomore Colin Ross scored four goals and had one assist to lead Liberty boys high school lacrosse to a 10-5 win against South Kitsap April 21 at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Port Orchard.
The win was the third of the season for Liberty, which sits in last place of the Division II Evergreen Conference, trailing conference leader Overlake by four games. Overlake remains undefeated in the season.
Ross’ four goals gave the sophomore attackman a total of 13 in the season. South Kitsap led the first quarter, 2-1, but Liberty maintained a steady scoring pace throughout the game with three, two and four points scored in the following three quarters, respectively.
South Kitsap scored an additional three goals in the third quarter.
Kellen Kennedy had three goals for South Kitsap, which sits in fourth place of the Division II Olympic Conference, three and a half games behind conference leader Gig Harbor.
On April 17, Liberty dropped a close game against Edmonds after Jordan Tindall scored his only goal of the night just 25 seconds into sudden-death overtime, giving Edmonds a 7-6 win against Liberty at Maywood Middle School in Renton. The win was the sixth of the year for the first-year Edmonds program.
Liberty lacrosse loses to Overlake 17-2
April 30, 2012
NEW — 4:30 p.m. April 30
Overlake advanced to its eighth win of the season with a 17 – 2 boys high school lacrosse defeat of Liberty on April 27 at Liberty High School in Renton. With the win, the Owls maintained the pace they’ve set for the season, two games ahead of second-place Mt. Si for the Division II Evergreen Conference.
Barrett Jenness had six goals and Eric Risa had four goals, four assists and 12 ground balls in the win.
Anthony Mantz scored both Liberty goals, while Sam Dodt, Wyatt Johnson and Jeffrey Arnevick combined for 17 ground balls on defense.
Liberty (3-6-0) next faces Mt. Si (8-2-0) May 2 in a 7 p.m. start at Liberty High School in Renton.
Scoring
Overlake 17, Liberty 2 ( Barrett Jenness, OV, 6 goals; Eric Risa, OV, 4 goals, 4 assists, 12 ground balls; Curtis Yokoyama, OV, 3 goals, 1 assist, 2 ground balls; Anthony Mantz, L, 2 goals, 2 ground balls; Sam Dodt, L, 6 ground balls; Wyatt Johnson, L, 6 ground balls; Jeffrey Arnevick, L, 5 ground balls; Roland Deex, L, 8 saves)
Jarvis nets hat-trick as Liberty lacrosse downs Klahowya
March 20, 2012
NEW — 10:35 a.m. March 20, 2012
Nate Jarvis completed a hat-trick to lead Liberty to its first boys high school lacrosse win of the season with an 11 – 5 defeat of Klahowya on Saturday at Maywood Middle School in Renton.
Sam Dodt, Colin Ross and Colin Larson all netted a pair of goals and Roland Deex had eight saves and six ground balls for Liberty in the win.
Liberty (1-2-0) next faces Redmond (0-1-0) at 7 p.m. March 21 at Liberty High School.
Klahowya (0-1-0) next faces Gig Harbor (2-1-0), Tuesday, March 20, in a 5 p.m. start at Central Kitsap Junior High.
