The Liberty University Flames golf team put its best foot forward on the fairway as it claimed its eighth conference title at the 2024 Conference USA Golf Championship. Though the Flames have seven previous conference champion titles under their belt, this was their first-ever appearance in a CUSA Championship. The championship took place April 22-25 at the Texarkana Country Club […]
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Freshman left-hand pitcher Kaylan Yoder is a spark to her entire team. Leading the Flames in the conference, she has made her 10-year-old self’s dreams come true. Yoder toured Liberty University her senior year and was ready to sign as soon as possible, instantly falling in love with the school, its softball team and that team’s coaching staff. Yoder knew […]
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Hundreds of children visited the Mountain on Saturday for Austin Henderson’s Reap the Harvest Foundation inaugural free community event. The event featured a football camp for students from third to eighth grade, bouncy houses, a foam launcher, multiple food trucks, worship and a special guest speaker. Before the football drills began, everyone got to hear from David Tyree, a former […]
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It’s finally over. After the time I spent covering the NFL draft for the last four months, watching hours of film and sitting through three days of actual selections, the NFL draft has finally come to a close. In my last column of the school year, I’ll be breaking down three teams that I think had good weekends and three […]
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At a university that trains Champions for Christ, two of those champions and student-athletes are using their know-how and connections to build something special. Sophomore Owen Moore and freshman Matt Torrell, two members of the Liberty University Flames men’s soccer team, have started creating their own sports apparel and are beginning to take steps to turn it into something truly […]
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Liberty University mourns the loss of Jake Matthes, the first head coach in the history of the Liberty cross country and track and field programs and a member of the Liberty Athletics Hall of Fame. Matthes passed away Thursday, April 18 at the age of 86. Matthes began Liberty’s cross country team in 1976 before starting the men’s track and […]
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The Liberty University figure skating team took the ice at the U.S. Figure Skating National Intercollegiate Final April 12-16 in Lake Placid, New York. The Lady Flames faced a high level of competition, placing 15th out of 16 teams. The competition was held on the ice of the Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics, an experience many only dream of. “It […]
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Liberty University’s men’s D3 hockey team had seven players participate in the AAU All-Star Challenge April 12-14 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Flames showed out for the AAU All-Star Challenge, and it served as a great opportunity for Liberty’s top seven players to showcase their talent against the best in an exciting environment. The team was rewarded as the rest […]
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The Liberty University gymnastics team had a solid season this year, finishing as runner-up in its Duke Dog Classic meet against James Madison University Feb. 10 and its Buckeye Blast facing Ohio State Feb. 16. The team also brought home first place in the Flipping Flames Invitational March 23 against JMU. The team used these meets to prepare for the […]
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The weather is heating up all across the country, and the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association is following suit. It’s postseason time, and the conference tournaments are up first. Across nine different conferences, 56 teams will be battling it out to earn auto bids into the Division I MCLA National Championships in Round Rock, Texas. One of those teams is Liberty […]
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The Liberty University women’s tennis team headed to the Sunshine State to tackle the CUSA Championship after showing grit through the quarter and semifinals. The team failed to get past Florida’s own FIU in the final match, however, finishing second in the championship Sunday, April 21. Going into the tournament, the team ended its season on a high with back-to-back […]
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Welcome back to another week of Palsgrove’s Points. This week we’re covering the first round of the NBA Playoffs and who I think will come out on top of each of the eight series, and I’ll be pairing that prediction with each team’s Achilles’ heel or what might cost them the series. Also, if you’d like, you can turn past […]
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The No. 2 seed Liberty University men’s tennis team competed in the 2024 CUSA Men’s Tennis Championship but came up short, losing 4-2 against the No. 1 seed Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders. The tournament took place at Middle Tennessee in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The Flames finished with a 17-8 overall record. The day started with the doubles matches, where the Blue […]
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Across the globe on the island of Taiwan, Liberty University men’s lacrosse player Tanner Wallen was born. Wallen spent his formative years in Taiwan’s foster system, but in 2010, his life was changed forever when he was adopted by Americans, moving him thousands of miles away from his homeland. Wallen was 7 years old when he and two of his […]
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The Flames got to stay home over the weekend as they hosted the New Mexico State Aggies, the second-ranked team in Conference USA. Liberty University entered the series 26-17 on the season and 15-3 in CUSA play. The series got off to a dramatic start Friday night, seeing four lead changes, five total pitchers used between both sides and multiple […]
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