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Liberty High had a five-game Mississippi Valley Conference winning streak snapped on Wednesday dropping both games of a Valley Division doubleheader to Cedar Rapids Jefferson in Cedar Rapids.

Class 5A No. 13 Cedar Rapids Jefferson won the opener 10-5 and scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to take the nightcap 10-9 while improving to 12-11 on the season and 10-6 in MVC play.

Liberty High dropped to 12-12 on the year and 11-7 in conference contests.

The Lightning rallied from a 5-0 deficit in the nightcap taking a 7-6 lead with four runs in the fourth inning.

Liberty High scored twice in the top of the seventh to take a 9-8 lead but Jefferson won the game in the bottom of the inning on a two-out, two-run home run by Hannah Markham.

Mallory Jones went 2-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI in the nightcap while Raquel Trolliet had a double, drove in three runs and scored twice.

Miranda Jones and Ashlyn Geasland each had a hit and scored a run.

Jefferson built a 7-0 lead and held on for the win in game one.

Trolliet was 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored in the opener while Miranda Jones had a double and drove in two runs.

Game 1

Liberty High   000  004  1  –   5 10  2

CR Jefferson 014  023  x  –  10  7  2

W – Shandi Rulli                    L – Kennedy Daugherty

2B – ICL: Miranda Jones

HR – ICL: Raquel Trilliet

Game 2

Liberty High    003  400  2  –  9    7   5

CR Jefferson  321  020  2  –  10  10  1

W – Shandi Rulli                    L – Blythe Geiman

2B – ICL: Raquel Trolliet, Mallory Jones (2). CRJ: Kaylee Donner, Aliyah Walker, Lindsey Culver

HR – CRJ: Hannah Markham