It was a tied game. It was down to the last few seconds of the game and the Lady Eagles had been back-and-forth with Trinity High School at the Winter Classic Tournament at Liberty.  

“The whole game was back and forth. Trinity had the lead and then we would take the lead,” said coach Walterbach. “It was a really close game all throughout.”

One of the most intense games of the season had a dramatic conclusion when senior Avery Ingle dribbled to the corner of the court and banked in a short shot making the score 43-42. Ingle later stole the ball from Trinity and held the ball for the last 30 seconds as the Lady Eagles won the tournament.

“I felt amazing when I got the steal at the end,” Ingle said. “Knowing that I helped the team succeed made me really happy.”

Winning the tournament was very exciting for the girls basketball team, from being down at the beginning of the games, to then coming back and fighting for what they wanted the most. The Lady Eagles beat Kennedy High School, Rosati-Kain High School and Trinity High School making their current record 6-6.

“Winning the tournament was crazy,” junior Emily Giljum said. “I was so excited and the whole team was jumping up and down.”

Since this was Liberty’s first time holding a basketball tournament, the feelings were very ecstatic.

“It was definitely the best experience of this year so far,” senior Savannah Cruz said. “It was good to host our first tournament and to win it. It was a good feeling.”

The Winter Classic was on Dec. 27th through the 29th and the schools that were apart of the tournament were Kennedy, Rosati and Trinity.