Basketball Recap: Tonasket Starts off Right with Win over Liberty Bell

Tonasket gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Tuesday. They took down the Liberty Bell Mountain Lions 71-53. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last five times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Tanner Tompkins

Steals (Career)

12/02/25 vs Liberty Bell	8
01/10/25 @ Omak	5
01/31/25 @ Cascade	4
12/14/24 vs Davenport	4
02/08/25 @ Lake Roosevelt	3

Tanner Tompkins went supernova, going 14-for-24 to rack up 35 points along with eight steals and seven rebounds. Those eight steals gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jax Tompkins, who almost dropped a double-double with 13 points and nine boards.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Tonasket will head out to challenge Curlew at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Liberty Bell, they will venture away from home to face off against Omak at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.