Flyin’ high: Determined Eagles take sting out of Hornets to advance to Class 1A state title game

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | March 10, 2022
Liberty's Reese Knuffman acknowledges the crowd after the Eagles beat Scales Mound 75-41 Thursday in the Class 1A state semifinals at State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill. Photo courtesy Clark Brooks, PhotoNews Media

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Greg Altmix was agitated, and he had no problem telling his Liberty boys basketball team why. The veteran head coach scanned the Class 1A all-state teams released Wednesday by the Associated Press and didn’t see any of his players on the first or second team despite their upcoming appearance in the final…

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