Welcome back, friends. Today in this column, we’re going to step back and reflect on the question of trust. The question is: Who do we trust on this Flames football team? The answer — in a perfect world — would be just about everybody, but this isn’t a perfect world. So I’m going to grade players, position groups, coaches and […]
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She started her journey at Liberty University as an outside hitter for the indoor volleyball team, and now Payton Carter is coming full circle as the new women’s beach volleyball head coach. Carter played for the women’s indoor team for four years during her undergraduate studies until Kaleb VanDePerre, who was head coach at the time, sought her out at […]
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In their first home game of the season, the No. 11 Liberty University Flames Field Hockey team fell short against its in-state rival, the No. 3 Virginia Cavaliers. Prior to the Flames’ Sunday matchup with the Cavs, Liberty opened its season Aug. 31, when the team traveled to Kent, Ohio, for a two-game road trip, defeating Indiana 2-1 in double […]
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After a wild, gritty and ugly 30-24 comeback win over the New Mexico State Aggies Sept. 7, the Flames have begun their season 2-0. They came back from being down 17-3 to winning the game in dramatic fashion for their first CUSA victory of the season. “It was one of those (games) that just nothing seemed to be going your […]
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Liberty University Women’s Hockey is preparing to spark some flames and turn up the heat with both the Division I and Division II teams starting their seasons over the next few weeks. The Division I Lady Flames recently opened their season against Washington Pride with a 6-0 victory, while the Division II team began its season with two dominant wins […]
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The Liberty University Division I Men’s Hockey team will soon take the ice, donning commemorative “Hockey 40”-branded jerseys to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the program. The Flames will host the University of North Carolina at the LaHaye Ice Center during Homecoming Weekend Sept. 13. In addition, Head Coach Kirk Handy enters his 25th season behind the bench, sporting a […]
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The Flames are 2-0, but everything feels wrong. The vibes are atrocious, the performance is sloppy and the on-field discipline is strangely nonexistent. What the heck happened? Is this all because they got brutalized by Oregon in Glendale? Is it because Liberty University lost a few too many stars and veterans? Why did they debut their new baby blue uniforms […]
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After going 1-1 in the Puerto Rico Invitational Aug. 30 and 31, the Liberty University Women’s Volleyball team went 2-1 in the Kristen Dickmann Invitational in Annapolis, Maryland. The Lady Flames geared up for a two-day, three-match tournament against Navy, Cornell and UC San Diego. The Lady Flames started the tournament strong with a 3-0 sweep against the Navy Midshipmen, […]
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Malik Willis Former Flames quarterback Malik Willis is packing his things and leaving the Music City as he heads to Wisconsin following a recent trade to the Green Bay Packers. The third-year quarterback was traded by Tennessee for a seventh-round draft pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. This may have been exactly the move Willis needed to prove […]
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Darius McGhee Liberty basketball legend Darius McGhee has kick-started his professional career with the Indiana Mad Ants in the NBA G League. McGhee had the opportunity to ball professionally in the G League for the 2023-24 season, where he found a mid-season rhythm, consistently putting up points for the Mad Ants. The 25-year-old point guard became Liberty’s all-time highest scorer […]
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Multiple players from the Liberty University Men’s Lacrosse team took their love of lacrosse across continents to teach the sport to Kenyan students and share the good news of Christ with them. Sophomore defender Brody Ashworth, sophomore attacker Luke Branham, senior goalie Eric Warnstrom and sophomore midfielder Ben Lapole spent two weeks in July, using their lacrosse knowledge and skills […]
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Fire on Liberty Mountain, run boys run, Flames football is back and hot as ever as Liberty University defeated the Campbell Fighting Camels 41-24 in its home and season opener. Following an undefeated 13-0 regular season — the best in program history — the Flames proved in game one that their fire is still ablaze. This victory marks the 300th […]
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Senior Night could not have gone any better for the Liberty University Women’s Soccer team. The Lady Flames took care of business Sunday night at Osborne Stadium, defeating the Longwood Lancers 3-0. The dominant victory extends the Flames’ undefeated start to the season to six wins and marks the team’s second shutout. The night kicked off with a celebration for […]
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Third baseman Will Wagner, a former Liberty University Baseball star, has had an explosive start to his MLB career. Drafted in the 18th round of the 2021 MLB Draft, 538th overall to the Astros, Wagner was not exactly a top prospect. However, Flames fans knew he had what it takes to make it to the big leagues, and he proved […]
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For the first time since 2022, the Flames played host in their own cross country meet. On the evening of Aug. 30, Liberty University hosted its first home cross country meet since the last Liberty Challenge in 2022. During this challenge, the women’s team was tasked with a 4K race, and the men a 6K race. The Flames were prepared […]
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