Category: Sports

The Liberty Men’s Basketball team opened its season Thursday, Nov. 8 against the University of Maine at Fort Kent. During that game, something that struck the eye was the size difference between a couple players on the team. Between their tallest player and shortest players is nearly a foot-and-a-half difference. Brendan Newton, a redshirt freshman center, is listed at 7-foot-2, […]

Flames junior running back Frankie Hickson has stepped up this season and taken control of the running game for Liberty’s explosive offense. So far on the 2018 season, Hickson has recorded 771 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns, including a couple long runs to seal the game against Idaho State earlier in the season.  “I feel like I’ve done what […]

Kevin Mendoza’s senior season came to a sudden end Friday, Nov. 2 when the men’s soccer team lost to Jacksonville University in the ASUN quarterfinals.  Mendoza had an astounding year with 12 goals, and he was named to the ASUN all-conference first team. “Overall, I think it was a pretty good year – we overcame a lot of difficulties along […]

In the spirit of high school football playoffs… Is it the Friday night lights or the fans screaming as the boys run through the banner? Is it the scent of freshly cut grass or the cheerleaders wearing the jersey number of their favorite player on their eye black? Whatever the reason, and there are many more, high school football has […]

It was another cold winter day in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada as a boy laced his skates and headed to his backyard to practice his moves that he dreamed to one day bring into the National Hockey League (NHL).  This is the dream of many young boys in Canada as hockey is declared to be the national sport of winter there. […]

A common saying in sports is that defense wins championships. If that is the case, the Liberty men’s basketball team has reason to be excited for the 2018-19 season.  The Flames rode a dominating defensive effort to defeat the Maine Fort Kent Bengals, 89-40 at the Vines Center on Thursday night. Liberty surrendered only 19 second half points to the […]

When 3,000 fans rock Liberty University’s LaHaye Ice Center during the Flames Division I men’s hockey games, it may seem that those nights are all the arena is made for. But it is made for much more than that.  LaHaye Ice Center houses the club sports offices and a weight room. It hosts figure skating competitions, intramural broomball games, free […]

To find the similarities between football and warfare, look no further than the terminology fans use. Elite quarterbacks have a “cannon” for an arm. Games are determined at the line of scrimmage, the “war in the trenches.” There is one key difference. No football player is supposed to die on the field. If that ever happens, the head coach must […]

Cold air not only filled the rink Saturday night, but the air too.  Friday night’s game ended in a win for the Flames 3-1, and the team was ready for its second game against Stony Brook University. The Flames gave their all the entire 60 minutes of play Saturday, seeing improvement across many aspects of their play. The score against […]

The men’s division one hockey team hosted the Stony Brook Seawolves Friday, Nov. 2 and Saturday, Nov. 3 and dominated the two-game series. The first of this two-match series was Friday night where the Flames handled business with a final score of 3-1. The game was hard fought throughout, and Head Coach Kirk Handy seemed pleased with the team’s performance. […]

Liberty University Flames junior quarterback Buckshot Calvert dropped back, looking to unleash his 35th pass for a touchdown. He was trying to finally put away a University of Massachusetts-Amherst team that had clawed back from a late 14-point deficit and now had forced the game to triple overtime on a sunny but windy afternoon Saturday, Nov. 3. But Calvert, after […]