Liberty ended their regular season strong .. winning their last four games and nine of their final 10 .. and the Mounties started off their game Tuesday with a 23-10 first quarter. Blake Oakley scored 11 early points to lead the Mounties into the second quarter, where Adynn Wheeland took over for NPL and scored 7 points to help extend the lead to 35-17 at the break. 

Wheeland finished with a game-high 19 points, while Oakley added 16, as did Louis Mercantino, who scored 12 in a 25-point Liberty third quarter that put the Mounties up 60-30 going into the final frame. 

Carsyn Kemp led CV to an 18-9 fourth quarter and finished with a team-high 18 points in the loss. Parker Lee added 12 points, Ashtyn Burdick had 8, Levi Stahli had 6 points and Jacob Johnson and Gavin Churchill scored 2 points apiece.

Mercantino recorded a double-double, adding 11 rebounds to his 16 points, while Oakley rounded out his stat line with 8 steals and 6 blocked shots. Luke Kreger scored 6 points and handed out 4 assists while Brody Grinnell had 5 points, Sudan Benner had 4 and Landon Mattern had 3 points for the Mounties. 

Cowanesque Valley ends their season on a four game losing streak and with a final record of 3-19.

North Penn-Liberty (15-7), the NTL-II champs, hosts large school runner-up North Penn-Mansfield on Thursday in the first round of the NTL Showdown.