Category: Sports

Sisters Anna and Marie Hostetler have been training and racing with each other since middle school. Today, they’re teammates now racing as Liberty Flames. The individual journeys that led the two distance runners to the Liberty track and cross-country teams could not be more different, however. Anna, currently a junior, attended the University of Iowa for a year and a […]

After thrashing the Syracuse Orange and earning their first win against an ACC opponent, the Flames come home to the mountain and face the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles. The visiting team boasts Frank Gore Jr. (who had 130 yards rushing and a touchdown last week), the son of the legendary NFL running back, but the defense surrenders nearly 500 yards […]

Melody Jayroe certainly did not expect for her senior year to be like this. When she arrived on the women’s soccer team as a freshman she made an immediate impact and never looked back, earning a starting position as goalkeeper and accumulating Big South All-Freshman honors, and culminating when she received the ASUN Goalkeeper of the Year award last season. […]

After the ups and downs of the 2020 season, the battle-tested players on Liberty’s softball team are eager to compete, even if that just means competing against each other for now. Last spring, the Lady Flames dropped 10 of their first 11 games against Division I opponents due to a tough schedule that featured four teams that were ranked No. […]

Liberty senior Alex Norwinski will dress for the Liberty Division I men’s hockey team for the first time in his career this upcoming season. But for the Flames defenseman, the road to Liberty’s top hockey squad was anything but conventional. While most high school athletes attend and play sports at local schools, Norwinski decided to take an unorthodox route. During […]

Coaching new athletes without ever meeting them in person is not a challenge Liberty triathlon Coach Heather Gollnick ever faced before. But aided by new coaching technology, her hard work is paying off, as the team dominated Nat Greene’s Revenge Triathlon on Oct. 3.  “We went to Greensboro, North Carolina, and we swept the podium,” Gollnick said. “We filled it […]

For Liberty’s lacrosse team, the unexpected events this spring didn’t just cut their season short. It ended a chance at another potential playoff run for a team consistently ranked in the MCLA top 10 – and now the Flames are working to rebuild the foundation they established last year.  “It was very disappointing,” attack man sophomore Mark Rolewicz said. “We […]

William Byron had far from a perfect afternoon at Kansas Speedway Sunday, but nonetheless fought hard for his third-straight top-10 finish, ending the race in eighth after leading three laps.  The day began unremarkably, as Byron started 10th and remained there until the competition caution at lap 30. Crew Chief Chad Knaus then decided to go with an alternate strategy, […]

The Liberty Flames women’s hockey team returned to the ice after several months out with two victories over the Washington Pride in exhibition games this past weekend, winning 7-0 and 10-2 Saturday and Sunday.   The team began the second gameon a high note with a score by Valeriia Manchak in the first 20 seconds. The Flames continued to dominate as the period […]

William Byron continued his mini hot streak on Sunday during a historic and chaotic Bank of America ROVAL 400 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL. Byron finished in sixth place and tied teammate and eventual winner Chase Elliot for the most laps led, with 27. However, the race was anything but straightforward.   Byron started in the 13th position, but with […]

When COVID-19 struck last season, Liberty men’s Division I hockey had all the pieces in place to make an ACHA title run. Now, Flames hockey is back – and Coach Kirk Handy believes a first title is finally in the cards.  “I think the sky’s the limit for this team,” Handy said. “Every year we have three goals: we want […]