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Class 4A No. 11 Liberty High swept a non-conference doubleheader from Maquoketa on Monday winning the opener 7-2 and taking the nightcap 7-0.

Liberty High improved to 22-11 on the season with the sweep while Maquoketa dropped to 11-17.

Ellie Tague earned the win for the Lightning in game one allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits while walk two in a complete game.

Lanie Meyer homered and drove in three runs while Haley Schroeder had three hits, drove in two runs and scored a run to lead the Lightning.

Ava Tague was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI and Brynlee Slockett was 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, an RBI and two runs scored.

Kaelyn Rickels earned the win in game two striking out five without issuing a walk in a five-hit shutout.

Schroeder, Kennedy Conner and Kinley Jones all had two hits for Liberty High.

Mischa Reiners had a hit, drove in a run and scored twice, Kelsey Kaut had a hit, drove in a run and scored a run and Tague doubled, drove in a run and scored a run.

Slockett had a hit and drove in two runs, was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI and Jones was 2-for-3 with a double.

Game 1

Liberty High                          023  011  0  –  7  10  2

Maquoketa                            000  200  0  –  2   3   0

W – Ellie Tague                                  L – Carley Cavanagh

2B – MAQ: Kalyn Hackman. ICL: Brynlee Slockett, Ava Tague

3B – ICL: Brynlee Slockett

HR – ICL: Lanie Meyer

Game 2

Liberty High                          410  110  0  –  7  11  1

Maquoketa                            000  000  0  –  0   4   1

W – Kaelyn Rickels                           L – Cydney Tath

2B – ICL: Ava Tague, Kennedy Conner, Kinley Jones

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