Boys Basketball Perseveres in New Division

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Liberty boys basketball are competing better than expected in TAPPS 5A, as it contends against much larger schools this year.

The team had a big win last Tuesday against Bishop Lynch with a score of 71 to 59. Liberty Christian had four players score in double figures in the victory. Senior Kyle Kuykendall paced the Warriors (17-7, 2-0) with 21 points. Senior Eric Heidelman and junior Brad Horton each tallied 15 points in the win, and senior Hunter Dansby had 12 points.

Bishop Lynch	17	13	13	16	—	59
Liberty Chr.	16	18	14	23	—	71

Bishop Lynch — Christian Ayala 22, Tyler James 17, John Masters 8, Zak Canfield 3, Cole Rolle 3, Daniel Carey 2, Connor McMullen 2, Sam Sprodlin 2.

Liberty Christian (17-7, 2-0) — Kyle Kuykendall 21, Eric Heidelman 15, Brad Horton 15, Hunter Dansby 11, Joe Honeysett 8, Pres McKissack 1.

Box score of last Friday’s game versus Prestonwood:

Prestonwood Christian 77 Final Argyle Liberty Christian 47     Season District Prestonwood Christian 12-5 2-1 Argyle Liberty Christian 6-6 1-1   Box score Friday January 7, 2011 7:00pm   1 2 3 4 OT Total Prestonwood Christian 17 20 17 23 0 77 Argyle Liberty Christian 11 18 9 9 0 47

Player stats Prestonwood Christian Name Pts Julius Randle 29 Zach Peters 20 Marquan Botley 14 Aaron Wyatt 6 Austin Rettig 4 Brandon Henry 2 Sean Hansen 1 Chas Taylor 1   Argyle Liberty Christian Name Pts Kyle Kuykendall 16 Joe Honeysett 11 Eric Heidelman 9 Brad Horton 6 . Loch 3 . Wilkerson 2

 Box score of Tuesday’s game versus Bishop Dunne:

Bishop Dunne 50 Final Argyle Liberty Christian 36     Season District Argyle Liberty Christian 7-7 2-2 Bishop Dunne 12-7 2-1 Box score Tuesday January 11, 2011 8:00pm   1 2 3 4 OT Total Argyle Liberty Christian 10 17 6 3 0 36 Bishop Dunne 12 6 16 16 0 50

Player stats   Argyle Liberty Christian Name Pts Kyle Kuykendall 14 Joe Honeysett 9 Eric Heidelman 5 A. Conard 2 Hunter Dansby 2 Brad Horton 2 Pres McKissack 2   Bishop Dunne Name Pts Wayne Placide 22 Josh Walters 14 Daymond Gardner 10 Braelon Roberts 2 Mario Starghill 2

Thank you to the Denton Record-Chronicle for the information for this story.