Category: Sports

With 12 minutes remaining in the second half, Liberty guard Keenan Gumbs took the ball on the left wing and drove to the hoop for a dunk, sending the home crowd into a frenzy. The bucket gave Liberty a nine-point advantage and all the confidence they would need to grind out a 74-67 victory over perennial Atlantic Sun powerhouse Florida […]

The Liberty Flames welcomed in a new era for their football team Wednesday, Feb. 6.  Inside the Carter Tower and in front of hundreds of dining boosters, the Flames formally introduced new Head Coach Hugh Freeze, who along with the rest of his staff, set the expectations for the 2019 season.  Freeze was especially optimistic about his team as they […]

 This is a column in defense of a sinner, saved by grace, becoming the head coach of a Division I football program at the world’s largest evangelical Christian institution.  There has been some negative talk about Liberty’s new head coach. The thing I’ve heard circulating the most is how his hiring is “A questionable hire for Liberty’s athletics department,” or […]

 Liberty Track and Field flew out of the blocks at last weekend’s Liberty Kickoff, winning 12 events in a dominant display at the Indoor Track Complex against their new ASUN opposition.  In the Flames first meet this season, on Jan. 25-26, the men’s and women’s teams laid down a statement performance, firmly establishing themselves as strong contenders for winning the […]

 Even at a young age, Darius McGhee was always throwing something around, whether that was a basketball or even a rubber duck.  From the age of two, McGhee said his mom always caught him throwing a rubber duck into her crockpots while she was trying to cook or clean, and so as he grew older it was only natural that […]

 If you asked Tatyana Crowder what her future plans were right now, you might not get a lot of details about the specific place or exact job she will pursue. Instead, she might fill you in on some of her personal goals, like playing the guitar more frequently, becoming fluent in Spanish or learning jiujitsu.  For Crowder, her circumstances have […]

 The Lady Flames basketball team grinded out a win against NJIT 58-47 Saturday, Feb. 2. With the victory Saturday, Liberty has won five consecutive games and improved to 4th overall in the ASUN despite starting conference play with three consecutive losses.  Neither team shot above 40 percent from the field. Liberty employed double teams early and often to swarm NJIT’s […]

 A spectacular month of January for the Liberty Flames men’s basketball team ended with a thud, as the Lipscomb University Bison strutted into the Vines Center Tuesday, Jan. 29, and routed the Flames, 79-59.  The humbling loss was by far the worst of an otherwise outstanding month for Liberty, as the Flames were riding an eight-game winning streak while maintaining […]

 The Vines Center was an entirely different world Saturday, Feb. 2, compared to just days before, when ASUN leader Lipscomb paid Lynchburg a visit. The Liberty Flames basketball team found its feet again when it took down the NJIT Highlanders 77-57.  Liberty’s dominant performance was led by junior guard Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz with 18 points, closely followed by redshirt junior guard […]

 The Lady Flames basketball team defeated the North Florida Ospreys 69-53 Saturday, Jan. 19. This was Liberty’s second consecutive victory, and the team’s first home Atlantic Sun conference win. The game got off to a slow start for the Lady Flames as UNF went on an 11-0 scoring run after red-shirt sophomore guard and forward Emily Lytle’s initial three-pointer to […]

 Rain fell on Liberty University’s campus in a steady patter all afternoon and into the night of Saturday, Jan. 19. But the typical Lynchburg rainstorm did not keep Liberty sports fans from coming out to the Vines Center in full force.  Almost 5,000 individuals, including 2,200 Liberty students, were on hand to scream, chant and cheer as the Flames men’s […]

 Get ready to board the Flame Train as the 2019 baseball season approaches. In the 2018 season, Liberty Flames Baseball ended with a 32-26 record, and this season they will look to build on last season’s successes.  The 2019 season will be the inaugural year for the Flame’s Baseball team in the ASUN conference, and they are projected to be […]