Vikings advance in consolation bracket against Patriots

PALOUSE — After giving up a double-digit lead during the game, the Garfield-Palouse girls basketball team fought back to beat the Liberty Christian Patriots 49-34 on Feb. 10 to advance to the next round of the consolation bracket of the 1B District 9 tournament.

Garfield-Palouse began the game with a healthy balance of offense and defense. The Vikings opened with a 5-0 run that would initiate a quarter that saw Liberty Christian held to one total point in the entire frame. The Vikings would go into the second quarter up 11-1. Then the Patriots flipped the script.

Liberty Christian went on an 1...