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Liberty High and Western Dubuque split a Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi Division doubleheader at Farley Community Park in Farley on Tuesday with Liberty High winning the opener 7-2 and Western Dubuque taking the nightcap 8-4.

Class 5A No. 12 Liberty High moved to 24-9 on the season and 17-6 in MVC play while Class 4A No. 10 Western Dubuque now sits at 19-14 and 13-11 in conference play.

Liberty High snapped a 2-2 tie in the opener with a run in the fourth and added four runs in the seventh inning on its way to a 7-2 win.

Haileigh Smith and Mischa Reiners each homered for the Lightning as Liberty finished with nine hits.

Smith drove in three and scored a run and Reiners was 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored.

Haley Schroeder had two hits, scored a run and drove in a run and Kennedy Daugherty and Brynlee Slockett had a hit, scored a run and drove in a run.

Kinsley Robertson earned the win for Liberty High allowing two runs, one earned, on six hits while striking out seven and walking three.

Robertson also had a pair of hits in the opener.

Western Dubuque earned a split scoring three runs in the fourth and sixth innings in the night cap.

Reiners was 2-for-3 with a run scored and Robertson was 2-for-3 with two RBI to lead Liberty High in game two.

Schroeder had a hit and scored a run and Smith had a double, drove in a run and scored twice.

Game 1

Liberty High                          101  100  4  –  7  9  3

Western Dubuque                 020  000  0  –  2  6  1

W – Kinsley Robertson          L – Meredith Hoerner

2B – WD: Kiya Steger, Kaitlyn Thole

HR – ICL: Mischa Reiners, Haileigh Smith

Game 2

Liberty High                          000  202  0  –  4   6   1

Western Dubuque                 101  303  x  –  8  11  1

W – Kennedy Daugherty        L – Morgan Hosch

2B – ICL: Haileigh Smith. WD: Maddie Harris, Hannah Hoefer

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