Lancers finish one point short

Liberty’s Lancers finished a point short Saturday at the Tacoma Dome in the 2B state championship game against Kalama. The title game marked the end of the NE League football season, which also saw Asotin and Davenport advance to the state playoffs from the NE league.

Kalama and Liberty both went into the title game with 13-0 records after advancing through the first three state playoff rounds. GTh Chinooks prevailed 28-27.

Liberty, which stopped Asotin last week in the semi-final round, battled back after trailing Kalama 0-14 in the first quarter. Kalama scored the go-ahead TD with 2:32 left on the clock in the last quarter.

Liberty was stopped by Napavine in the title game last year at the Tacoma Dome.