After back to back winning seasons, the 2026 Lady Red soccer team is looking for more. Liberal was 9-7-1 after going 8-7-2 in 2024. Liberal only loses two seniors from last year’s team and has a young core of sophomores returning after playing varsity as freshmen. Lily Guy scored 31 goals in her freshman year and broke Ashley Carrillo’s single season record while being name 1st team all WAC. She leads a talented young group into the 2026 season.
Carlos Ruiz enters his 10th season as head coach. Liberal has 37 girls out for soccer which is more than last year. They return eight starters from a team which went 2-5-1 in the WAC. Lily Guy returns at forward after a first team all WAC season as a freshman. Sophomore midfielder Ashley Batista and Jr. defender Liliana Santiago return after second team all WAC seasons. Other key players include So. CMF Ana Vela, Jr. F Evelin Tarango, and Sr. M Jasmin Gomez. Aaliyah Morales is a senior goal keeper.
In 2023, LHS was 6-11 and 2-6 in the WAC. LHS went 6-10 and 3-5 in the WAC in 2022 after finishing 2021 8-9-1 with a playoff win over Junction City and 4-3-1 in the WAC. Liberal went 7-8-3 with a playoff win in 2019 with a playoff win over Wichita South. Liberal was 6-10-1 in 2018, 8-9-1 in 2017, and 7-10 in 2016. Those records are significant because before 2016, only once had the Liberal girls won seven or more games in a season (2008).
Liberal was featured during the Sportsguys Tuesday morning.
Schedule
March 24- Guymon 6:30
March 31-Wichita Classical at Wichita South 4
April 2- at Wichita South 4
April 4- Winfield at Wichita South 1
April 7- Great Bend 6:30
April 9- Hays 6:30
April 16- at Great Bend 6:30
April 21- at Dodge City 6:30
April 23- at Hays 6:30
April 27- at Wichita Life Prep- 12
April 28- Alva 5:30
May 5- at Garden City 6:30
May 12- Garden City 6:30
May 14- Dodge City 6:30
May 18-23 Regionals
May 25- Quarterfinals
May 27- Semifinals
May 30- State championship
