Basketball Recap: Liberty Tree Academy Takes a Loss

If Liberty Tree Academy was riding high fresh off their 58-12 takedown of Poudre Community Academy last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Liberty Tree Academy War Eagles were outmatched by the Calhan Bulldogs and fell 71-26. While losing is never fun, the War Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 320th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 156th).

Calhan was led to victory by Kailey Peterson and Willow Levicki. Peterson went 7-for-8 en route to 18 points in addition to seven steals and six rebounds, while Levicki went 7-for-8 on her way to 14 points and eight steals. Peterson has become a key player for Calhan: the team is 7-3 when she posts at least five steals, but 2-5 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Fallyn Mallette, who went 6-for-8 to rack up 13 points and three steals.

Liberty Tree Academy's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-12. As for Calhan, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-8 record this season.

Liberty Tree Academy has already played their next game, a 33-31 loss against Ascent Classical Academy on the 13th. As for Calhan, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 44-40 win against Crowley County on the 15th.