State champs! Kickapoo boys win Class 6 state championship with victory over Liberty

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One of the most talented high school basketball teams to ever come through southwest Missouri will be remembered as state champions.

Kickapoo (28-2) won the Class 6 state championship with a 71-62 win over Liberty on Saturday evening at JQH Arena. The title is the Chiefs' third in program history and first since 2006.

A team that entered the 2020-21 season with high expectations has met them. Led by senior Division I recruits Anton Brookshire, Isaac Haney, Trevon Brazile and Cameron Liggins, the Chiefs were expected to finish as champions and they did.

Brookshire, before heading to Columbia to play at Mizzou, exits as one of the area's greats. The four-year starter…