Frontier at Liberty — Jan. 9 preview: Titans travel to Patriots in Bakersfield league matchup

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Frontier Titans at Liberty Patriots

• When: Friday, Jan. 9, 2026 — 5:15 p.m. PT

• Where: Liberty High School — Bakersfield

• Game page: https://scorebooklive.com/california/basketball/games/5879444-frontier-vs-liberty

• Liberty on SBLive: https://scorebooklive.com/california/basketball/teams/156969-liberty-patriots-jv

• Frontier on SBLive: https://scorebooklive.com/california/basketball/teams/156939-frontier-titans-jv

The Frontier Titans make the short trip to take on the Liberty Patriots at Liberty High School in what figures to be a physical league showdown Friday evening. Tip is at 5:15 p.m. PT at the Patriots’ gym in Bakersfield — mark your calendar if you follow local hoops.

A quick look back: the teams last met at Liberty on Jan. 19, 2022 (full recap and box score archived on SBLive): https://scorebooklive.com/california/basketball/games/1427462-liberty-vs-frontier. Both programs will be looking to tune up for mid-January league play; Liberty is scheduled to visit Centennial next on Jan. 14 (5:15 p.m.), while Frontier heads to Garces Memorial on Jan. 14 (5:15 p.m.).

Streaming and tickets

• Both programs have pages on the NFHS Network where you can check for possible live streams: Liberty NFHS page — https://nfhsnetwork.com/schools/liberty-high-school-bakersfield-bakersfield-ca/basketball?referrer_name=scorebooklive&utm_campaign=scorebooklive&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=scorebooklive; Frontier NFHS page — https://nfhsnetwork.com/schools/frontier-high-school-bakersfield-ca/basketball?referrer_name=scorebooklive&utm_campaign=scorebooklive&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=scorebooklive.

• No official ticketing links were provided; check the game page on SBLive or the schools’ athletic pages for updates: https://scorebooklive.com/california/basketball/games/5879444-frontier-vs-liberty.

Get involved — follow and pick

Follow both teams on SBLive to get alerts, increase fan counts and stay in the loop: Liberty — https://scorebooklive.com/california/basketball/teams/156969-liberty-patriots-jv; Frontier — https://scorebooklive.com/california/basketball/teams/156939-frontier-titans-jv. Make your pick on SBLive for fun and help build the rivalry — picks are for fan engagement and do not affect any official projections. Win-chance projections and follower numbers can change, so check back leading up to tipoff and make the pick for the team you want to see win.