Category: Athletic News
Siegel, Henry named Section 9 Class B All-Stars
Congratulations to Owen Siegel and Liam Henry, who were named to the Section 9 Class B All-Star team. The team is voted on by the 12 MHAL and OCIAA Class B coaches. Only 15 players are chosen.
Owen Siegel was also named to the All-Section 9 team, which includes 22 players from Class AA, A, B, C, and D. Only five Class B players were picked for this team.
Congratulations to Owen for his accomplishments and positive representation of Liberty Soccer!
Boys Soccer advances to semifinals
The Boys Varsity Soccer team defeated Ellenville 1-0 on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at home on a sloppy field. The team now advances to the Section 9 Class B semi-final game against Burke on Thursday, Oct 31 in Goshen.
Sports Roundup (Week of October 27)
Monday, October 28
Girls Soccer
Highland #7 @ Liberty #2 (HS soccer field)
Section 9 Class B Quarterfinal game
Highland 6 Liberty 3
Liberty goals: Sydneigh Fleischman, Yamileth Romero, Ally Roth
Liberty assists: Sydneigh Fleischman, Ally Roth, Cheselyn Hanofee
Liberty saves: Jennifer Reyes 5
Tuesday, October 29
Boys Soccer
Ellenville #5 @ Liberty #4 (HS soccer field)
Section 9 Class B Quarterfinal game
Liberty 1 Ellenville 0
Liberty goals: Raul Morales Romero
Liberty assists: Wilber Gomez
Liberty saves: Eduardo Romero 4
Congratulations to the Boys Varsity Soccer team on their 1-0 quarterfinal
sectional win over Ellenville yesterday. Aimar Ramirez played exceptional defense throughout the game. The team worked hard to secure the win in sloppy field conditions, which made passing difficult and left many players sliding through the mud. Despite the difficulties, the team persevered, and their strong team effort prevailed.
Thursday, October 31
Boys Soccer
Liberty #4 @ Burke #2 (Goshen turf field)
Section 9 Class B Semifinal game
Burke 4 Liberty 1
Liberty goals: Owen Siegel
Liberty assists: Liam Henry
Liberty saves:
The Boys Varsity Soccer team put up a valiant fight in their semi-final Class B loss to Burke. They left everything on the field and never stopped trying to
even the score until the final whistle blew.
The team had a great season, finishing with a 13-4 overall record. They
represented Liberty at the highest level and we are proud of them. They are
already looking forward to their potential next year as nearly the entire team will be returning!
Records: Burke 14-3-1; Liberty 13-4
Sport Roundup (Week of October 20)
Monday, October 21
Boys Soccer
Liberty @ Chester (Old HS field)
Liberty 7 Chester 0
Liberty Goals: Liam Henry 2, Yucevin Canales 2, Owen Siegel, Lucas Feijo, Chase Racette
Liberty Assists: Liam Henry 2, Owen Siegel, Michael Cuellar
Liberty Saves: Eduardo Romero 5
Team record: Overall 12-3, League 4-3
The Boys Varsity Soccer team finished their regular season game schedule with a resounding 7-0 victory over Chester. The entire team contributed to the win. The team finished the season with a 12-3 record and is eagerly awaiting their seeding information for sectional play which begins next week.
Girls Soccer
Liberty @ O’Neill (Mount Saint Mary’s)
O’Neill 8 Liberty 0
Team record: 10 -2-1 overall, 3-2 league
Tuesday, October 22
Girls Soccer
Chester @ Liberty (HS soccer field)
Liberty 5 Chester 4
Liberty goals: Sydneigh Fleischman 2, Tatiana Hinkley, Brooke Nichols, Yamileth Romero
Liberty assists: Sydneigh Fleishcman, Ally Roth
Keeper saves: Jennifer Reyes 5
Team record: 11 -2-1 overall, 4-2 league
Saturday, October 26
Football
Burke @ Liberty
Burke 35, Liberty 0
Coach Franke named Coach of the Week
The New York Jets have announced that Joseph Franke of Liberty High
School in Liberty, NY has been named this week’s (week of 10/13/19) recipient of the New York Jets High School Coach of the Week award presented by Gatorade. Through Gatorade’s partnership, the monetary award to benefit the school’s football program has doubled to $2,000. Coach Franke will receive a Gatorade kit, containing a cooler, fuel bars, Gatorade powder mix, squeeze bottles and much more. Along with this award, Liberty High School receives an automatic bid to compete in the 2020 New York Jets 11-ON Tournament. In addition, he is invited to watch
the New York Jets play the Pittsburgh Steelers on Dec. 22 from a luxury suite at MetLife Stadium, where he will be presented with a certificate and an award ball.
In its 24th year, the Coach of the Week award is given to a coach in the Tri-State area who serves the best interests of the game through the teaching of sound football fundamentals, the motivation of young players to achieve and the promotion of youth football by way of dedication to their community, their school and their student-athletes.
Coach Franke is a graduate of Liberty High School. He played wide receiver and safety for the football team. After graduating in 2012, Franke attended SUNY Oneota. During his time at SUNY Oneota, Franke played shortstop for the baseball team. He began coaching high school football after graduating college in 2016. Franke was named the head coach of his alma mater, Liberty High School in 2018. In addition to his coaching duties, Franke serves as a 5th grade mathematics and science teacher for Liberty Middle School.
On Friday, Oct. 12, the Liberty Indians defeated the O’Neill Raiders, 24-15.
Sports Roundup (Week of October 13)
Season Recap
Football: Currently 1-1 in the league with a 4-2 record overall. Currently 3rd in the division.
Girls Soccer: Currently 5-1 in the league with a 10-1-1 overall record. Was ranked as high at 19th in the state for class “B” schools (Rankings come out on Tuesday night). Battling for the top spot in the division and a home sectional playoff berth.
Boys Soccer: Currently 3-3 in the league with an 8-3 overall record. Competing for the top spots in the division along with a sectional playoff berth.
Girls Volleyball: 0-7 in the league and 2-8 overall record.
Girls Tennis: 0-8 in the league and 0-9 overall record.
Tuesday, October 15
Boys Soccer
Sullivan West @ Liberty (Football field)
Liberty 7 Sullivan West 2
Liberty Goals: Liam Henry 2, Yucevin Canales, Owen Siegel, Raul Morales Romero, Chase Racette, Kacper Sandelewski.
Liberty Assists: Owen Siegel 2, Liam Henry, Chase Racette, Steven Cardenas
Liberty Saves: Eduardo Romero 1
Team record: Overall 9-3, League 3-3
Congratulations to the Boys Varsity Soccer team on their 7-2 Spirit Week/Senior Game win over Sullivan West. The team came out strong and never let up. The win was a total team effort.
Juan Bajana, Lucas Feijo, and Danny Romero were recognized at half-time as graduating seniors.
Girls Tennis
TriValley/Fallsburg @ Liberty
Liberty 4 TriValley/Fallsburg 2
Singles: Leydi Gonzalez (L) d. Jasmine Irwin (TVF) 10-6; Balvina Garcia (L) d. Alexia Cintula (TVF) 10-7; Rebecca Coombe (TVF) d. Nicole Blais 10-4;
Doubles: Leah Fitzgerald-Madison Green (L) d. Theresa Conway-Julia Moore (TVF) 10-3; Paola Ponce-Laura Sandoval (L) d. Gabrielle Pantel-Kylie Smith-Lowe (TVF) 10-3; Melana Quick-Lepke – Neema Darboe (TVF) d. Daylene Garzon-Julie Johnston 10-7
Liberty Record: League (1-9) , Overall (1-10)
Wednesday, October 16
Volleyball
Liberty @ Cornwall
Cornwall 3 Liberty 0
Thursday, October 17
Boys Soccer
Liberty @ Chapel Field
Liberty 6 Chapel Field 0
Liberty Goals: Owen Siegel 2, Liam Henry, Yucevin Canales, , Raul Morales Romero, Chase Racette
Liberty Assists: Owen Siegel, Liam Henry
Liberty Saves:
Team record: Overall 10-3, League 3-3
Congratulations to the Boys Varsity Soccer team on their 6-0 win over Chapel Field on a very windy Thursday. The team controlled both sides of the ball well in the win.
Friday, October 18
Boys Soccer
Fallsburg @ Liberty (Lower soccer field)
Liberty 4 Failure 1
Liberty Goals: Owen Siegel 3 (1 PK), Liam Henry, Yucevin Canales, , Raul Morales Romero, Chase Racette
Liberty Assists: Liam Henry. Wilber Gomez
Liberty Saves: Eduardo Romero 10
Team record: Overall 11-3, League 4-3
Congratulations to the Boys Varsity Soccer team on their convincing 4-1 victory over league rival Fallsburg on a cold, blustery Friday afternoon on our home field. Our offense pressured Fallsburg throughout the game forcing their keeper to make over a dozen stops.
Fallsburg kept our defense of Aimar Ramirez, Wilson Gomez, Jose Barragan, and Michael Cuellar busy all day with their fast counter attack though the team provided strong pressure refusing to let them through. Eduardo Romero was exceptional in goal.
Saturday, October 19
Football
Port Jervis @ Liberty
Port Jervis 42 Liberty 13
Kymanni Dennis: 16 rushes for 107 yards, 1 TD
Jah-Heam Mitchell: 1 TD receiving
Joe Robinson: 1 INT with a 70 yard return
Liberty record: 4-3
Sport Roundup (Week of October 6)
Monday, October 7
Boys Soccer
Burke @ Liberty (Center for Discovery field)
Liberty 3 Monticello 2
Liberty Goals: Liam Henry 2, Michael Cuellar
Liberty Assists: Owen Siegel
Liberty Saves: Eduardo Romero 12
Team record: Overall 6-2, League 2-2
Congratulations to the Boys Varsity Soccer team on their exciting and pivotal division win over a strong Burke team at home yesterday under extremely difficult conditions.
The team went up first with a goal from Liam Henry assisted by Owen Siegel and never fell behind in the 3-2 win. Michael Cuellar scored next and Liam added a second goal to seal the win. Eduardo Romero did an amazing job in goal with 12 total saves, including back to back rebound saves twice in the game. Rudolfo Espinoza had 2 saves in goal when Eduardo was out briefly following a particularly difficult series. The defense did an excellent job in the win. The team is playing quality soccer at an important point in the year.
Girls Volleyball
Tuxedo @ Liberty
No information provided by coach.
Wednesday, October 9
Boys Soccer
Liberty @ Rondout Valley
Liberty 7 Rondout Valley 2
Liberty Goals: Owen Siegel 2, Yucevin Canales, Liam Henry, Rodolfo Espinoza, Eric Decker, Raul Morales Romero
Liberty Assists: Owen Siegel 2, Yucevin Canales, Liam Henry, Wilber Gomez.
Team record: Overall 7-2, League 2-2
Congratulations to the Boys Varsity Soccer team 7-2 win over Class B opponent Rondout Valley yesterday. Owen Siegel led the team with 2 goals and 2 assists. Yucevin Canales, Liam Henry, Rodolfo Espinoza, Eric Decker, and Raul Morales Romero also scored. Providing assists were Yucevin, Liam and Wilber Gomez.
Eduardo Romero, Rodolfo and John Nolan all shared time in goal.
The win was team effort.
Thursday, October 10
Girls Soccer
Burke Catholic @ Liberty
Liberty 3, Burke Catholic 1
Liberty goals: Ana Barragan 2; Brooke Nichols
Liberty assists: Ally Roth
Liberty saves: L – Jennifer Reyes 8
Records: Liberty 9-1-1 (OCIAA 5-1)
Girls Tennis
Liberty @ O’Neill
No information provided by coach.
Friday, October 11
Boys Soccer
O’Neill @ Liberty
O’Neill 2 Liberty 0
Liberty Goals:
Liberty Assists:
Liberty Saves: Eduardo Romero 7
Team record: Overall 8-3, League 3-3
Girls Soccer
Liberty @ Middletown
No information provided by coach.
Saturday, October 12
Football
O’Neill @ Liberty
Liberty 24 O’Niell 15
Kymanni Dennis- 25 rushes for 171 yards, 2 TDs rushing, one 2 point conversion, 13 tackles
Chris Bayer- 12/19 passing for 152 yards, 1 TD passing
Rayshawn Reynolds- 3 receptions for 94 yards, 1 receiving TD, 14 tackles, 1 interception
Joe Robinson- 4 sacks, 1 forced fumble
Breckin Cheh- 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, 1 fumble recovery
Sport Roundup (Week of September 29)
Monday, September 30
Girls Tennis
Liberty @ Port Jervis
Port Jervis 5 Liberty 2
Singles: Leydi Gonzalez (L) d. Heather Mills 2-6, 6-3, 6-1; Balvina Garcia (L) won by forfeit; Anna Grosse (PJ) d. Nicole Blais 6-2, 6-3; Lorelei Clark (PJ) won by forfeit
Doubles: Melissa Johnson-Nicole Brown (PJ) d. Leah Fitzgerald-Madison Green 6-1, 6-2; Piage Edwards-Jaliyah McIntosh (PJ) d. Paola Ponce-Laura Sandoval 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3); Kylie Kehlenbeck-Nicole Ennis (PJ) d. Daylene Garzon-Julie Johnston 6-3, 6-2
Records: Port Jervis 5-5 (5-2 OCIAA); Liberty 0-8 (0-7 OCIAA)
Tuesday, October 1
Boys Soccer
Monticello @ Liberty (HS Soccer field)
Liberty 5 Monticello 0
Liberty Goals: Raul Morales Romero 2, Liam Henry, Owen Siegel, Michael Cuellar
Liberty Assists: Chase Racette 2, Owen Siegel
Liberty Saves: Eduardo Romero 9 (5th shutout)
Team record: Overall 6-2, League 2-2
The Boys Varsity Soccer team practiced on the Liberty HS soccer field on Monday and became the first team to play on the newly redone in over three years. The team exhibited “Liberty Pride! by christening the field with a win!
In addition to the goals and assists listed above, Aimar Ramirez and Jose Barragan anchored a strong defense.
Wednesday, October 2
Girls Soccer
TriValley @ Liberty (HS Soccer field)
Liberty 11 TriValley 1
Liberty Goals: Kassidy DeGroat 3, Yamileth Romero 3, Ana Barragan 2, Cheselyn Hanofee 2, Nichole Connal
Liberty Assists: Sydneigh Fleischman 2, Emma Dworetsky 2, Kassidy DeGroat 2, Ana Barragan , Cheselyn Hanofe
Liberty Saves: Jennifer Reyes 10
Team record: Overall 7-1-1, League 3-1
Girls Tennis
Burke Catholic @ Liberty
Burke Catholic 5 Liberty 0
Singles: Madelyn St. Amand (BC) d. Leydi Gonzalez 6-4, 6-1; Angelika Rakwal (BC) d. Balvina Garcia 6-0, 6-0; Anya Salters (BC) d. Nicole Blais 6-1, 6-0; Teresa Lenzi (BC) won by forfeit
Doubles: Marin MacDougall-Katiana Dubuisson (BC) d. Leah Fitzgerald-Madison Green 6-0, 6-1; second and third doubles not completed.
Records: Burke 9-0 (8-0 OCIAA); Liberty 0-9 (0-8 OCIAA)
Friday, October 4
Girls Soccer
Liberty @ Fallsburg
No information available.
Saturday, October 5
Football
Monticello @ Liberty
Liberty 62, Monticello 0
Kymanni Dennis: 7 rushes for 154 yards and 3 TDs; 1 punt return TD for 25 yards
Joe Robinson: 6 rushes for 56 Yards and 1 TD
Rayshawn Reynolds: 1 receiving TD, 2 rushes for 35 yards, 2 rushing TDs
Reed Black: 9 tackles, 5 tackles for loss
Sports Roundup (Week of September 22)
Monday, September 23
Boys Soccer
SS Seward @ Liberty (HS Football field)
Liberty 5 SS Seward 0
Liberty Goals: Liam Henry 2, Yucevin Canales, Owen Siegel,
Chase Racette
Liberty Assists: Yucevin Canales 3, Owen Siegel
Liberty Saves: Eduardo Romero 2
Liberty 4-2
Volleyball
Liberty @ Sullivan West
No information supplied by coach.
Tuesday, September 24
Girls Soccer
Liberty @ Chester
Liberty 2 Chester 1
Wednesday, September 25
Boys Soccer
Chester @ Liberty (HS Football field)
Liberty 6 SS Seward 0
Liberty Goals: Owen Siegel 2, Liam Henry, Yucevin Canales, Michael Cuellar, Chase Racette
Liberty Assists: Siegel 2, Yucevin Canales, Chase Racette, Wilson Gomez
Liberty Saves: Eduardo Romero 2
Girls Tennis
Goshen @ Liberty
Goshen 5, Liberty 0
Both teams had injured players, so only 5 matches were played.
Singles: Serena Yeddu (G) d. Leydi Gonzalez 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; second singles not contested; Gabrielle Joseph (G) d. Nicole Blais 6-0, 6-1; fourth singles not contested.
Doubles: Emma Finkelstein-Melanie Vazquez (G) d. Leah Fitzgerald-Madison Green 6-1, 6-3; Dalla Abbad-Rachel Seo (G) d. Paola Ponce-Laura Sandoval 6-0, 6-1; Jolina Dong-Alessia Fiotanza (G) d. Daylene Garzon-Julia Johnston 6-2, 6-0
Team Record: Overall 0-7, League 0-6
Volleyball
Minisink Valley @ Liberty
Minisink Valley 3 Liberty 0
Thursday, September 26
Girls Soccer
Liberty @ TriValley
Liberty 3 Trivalley 2
Liberty Assists:
Liberty Saves: Jennifer Reyes 5
Sports Roundup (Week of September 15)
Monday, September 16
Girls Soccer
O”Neill @ Liberty
O”Neill 4 Liberty 0
Liberty keeper: Jennifer Reyes 14 saves
Team record: 2-1-0 league, 3 -1-1 overall
Tuesday, September 17
Boys Soccer
Liberty @ O”Neill
O”Neill 2 Liberty 0
Liberty keeper: Eduardo Romero 5 saves
Wednesday, September 18
Girls Tennis
Port Jervis @ Liberty
Port Jervis 6 Liberty 1
Singles: Leydi Gonzalez (L) d. Heather Mills 7-5, 6-2; Annaliese Santoro (PJ) d. Balvina Garcia 6-0, 6-0; Anna Grosse (PJ) d. Nicole Blais 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; fourth singles not played
Doubles: Melissa Johnson-Nicole Brown (PJ) d. Leah Fitzgerald-Madison Green 6-2, 6-0; Paige Edwards-Erica Hammond (PJ) d. Paola Ponce-Laura Sandoval 6-1, 6-4; Kylie Kehlenbeck-Nicole Ennis (PJ) d. Daylene Garzon-Julia Johnston 6-0, 6-0
Team Record: Overall 0-5 League 0-4
Season Summary from Coach Caro
With more than half the team comprised of absolute beginners, our focus this season has been more on building a team from the ground up, than besting our previous’ year record; we only had two returning players from last year.
Individually our girls have experienced some success with freshman Madison Green recording her first win in an impressive 3 set win over Tri-Valley/Fallsburg: 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in only her second match of her life.
Leydi Gonzalez, our #1 singles players has two wins under her belt; first win against Tri-Valley/Fallsburg 7-5, 6-4 and 7-5, 6-2 against Port Jervis.
Double teams Julia Johnson and Paola Ponce are awaiting a rematch against TriValley/Fallsburg to decide the outcome of their first match up, which was called due to darkness and had them up a set and 4-all in the second.
We hope to keep improving on our fundamentals and scoring additional individual wins throughout the season.
Girls Volleyball
Monticello @ Liberty
Monticello 3 Liberty 0
Monticello 25 25 25
Liberty…….21 17 19
Montana Papacharalambous: Kills 4 Digs 4 Assists 3
Sophia Medina: Service points 9 Assists 7
Brianna Roth: Kills 3 Assists 4 Service points 4
Liberty record: Overall 1-3 League 0-3
Thursday, September 19
Boys Soccer
Liberty @ Sullivan West
Liberty 6 Sullivan West 0
Liberty goals: Owen Siegel 3, Liam Henry 2, Chase Racette 1
Liberty assists: Yucevin Canales 2, Owen Siegel 1, Liam Henry 1, Chase Racette 1
Liberty keeper: Eduardo Romero 3 saves
Coach Simpson commented “The entire team contributed to the victory.”
Girls Volleyball
Liberty @ Cornwall
Cornwall 3 Liberty 0
Monticello 25 25 25
Liberty…….9 10 9
Brianna Roth 2 blocks
Montana Papacharalambous 2 aces
Liberty record: 1-4 overall
Friday, September 20
Girls Tennis
Liberty @ O’Neill
O’Neill 5 Liberty 1
Singles: Marie Hagemaster (O) d. Leydi Gonzalez 6-4, 6-0; Haley Peck (O) d. Balvina Garcia 6-1, 6-0; Nicole Blais (L) d. Aryana Kim 6-1, 6-2; Isabela Rojas won by forfeit
Doubles: Meabh Gage-Lesly Morocho (O) d. Leah Fitzgerald-Madison Green 6-0, 6-2; Shemelee SigSig-Olivia Bergmann (O) d. Poala Ponce-Laura Sandoval 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
Girls Soccer
Liberty @ Port Jervis
Liberty 5 Port Jervis 3
Liberty goals: Ally Roth 3, Arianna Nieves, Ana Barragan
Liberty assists: Chelselyn Hanofee 3; Ana Barragan
Liberty saves: Jennifer Reyes 5
Liberty scored an important win against a division A school by defeating Port Jervis on Friday. Co-captain Kassidy DeGroat organized a winning defense as the team expermented with a new system of play. Co-captains Sydneigh Fleischman and Ana Barragan were our playmakers in midfield. Ally Roth scored a three goal hat-trick. Ana Barragan’s shot on goal was deflected in by a Port Jervis defender. Arianna Nieves sealed the deal by deflecting in a shot by Cheslyn Hanofee.
Records: Liberty 4-1-1 (OCIAA 2-0-1)
Boys Soccer
Liberty @ Highland
Liberty 6 Highland 1
Liberty goals: Liam Henry 3, Owen Siegel, Rodolfo Espinoza, Yucevin Canales
Liberty assists: Rodolfo Espinoza, Jose Barragan, Eduardo Romero.
Liberty saves: Eduardo Romero 5
Saturday, September 21
Football
Liberty vs. Red Hook @ Dietz Stadium
Liberty 32 Red Hook 18
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