Fans at Friday's non-league challenge between the Liberal Bulldogs (Liberal, MO) and the visiting Appleton City Bulldogs (Appleton City, MO), saw Liberal's basketball squad knock off Appleton City by a count of 54-41.

With the victory, Liberal upgrades its record to 26-5 on the campaign. The Bulldogs travel to Platte Valley co-op [South Nodaway/Jefferson] (Barnard, MO) to play the in a non-league challenge on Wednesday, March 6. The come into the challenge with a record of 4-0. Platte Valley co-op [South Nodaway/Jefferson] won 58-23 in their recent non-league challenge against Pattonsburg (Pattonsburg, MO)