Joel Plummer

Liberal boys got off to a sluggish start and couldn’t quite put together any momentum to comeback against Syracuse in a 66-49 loss Saturday night. After an opening quarter of 6-13 the boys fought back to make it 18-24 at half. After two free throws from Juan Diego to pull the skins to within 4. The Bulldogs made play after play to start pulling away in the second half. James Fieser paced the Redskins with 18 followed by Prince Collins with 12. Liberal will go east next week for their mid season tournament at Tonganoxie with an opening game against Metro Academy at 7:30 on Thursday on 1270 and 92.3.