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Hicks helps

Liberty win

Big South title

^ ‘ Culpeper County High School graduate Kent Hicks, a first-year transfer from Virginia Tech, helped Liberty 'win it’s first-ever Big South Conference title with a 31-0 win over Gardner-Webb on 'Saturday. Hicks, the Flames starting left corner back, had a team-high seven tackles and a ipass deflection in the victory. £ was Hicks’ second-highest tackling total of the season. ? Despite going 8-3 and 1 U&beaten in Big South play, i liberty was denied a berth

; jpto the 16-team Football ^Championship Subdivision

fplayoffs (formerly Division■ JAA). Six teams with the same ’rifeord as liberty made the . plfcyoffs, while New ^Hampshire (7-4) was selected "to the tournament with a worse record. ; Hicks, the state’s top tfbuit by Scoirts.com in 2003,

Sp one year of eligibility

IPIpaining at Liberty affciversity. He finished his

season with 43 tackles,

tackles-for-a-loss, and was "Second on the team with three interceptions.

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