Free State junior Cameryn Thomas calls out a play as she advances the ball up the court during the Firebirds' 73-57 win over Olathe North, Friday. Thomas had 13 points, seven steals, six rebounds and five assists.

Olathe ? Free State junior Cameryn Thomas is well aware of the offensive potential of the Firebirds, and knows that she is more than capable of being one of the team’s top scorers.

Thomas was one of three Firebirds in double figures in Free State’s 73-57 win Friday over Olathe North, but the junior guard did a lot more than putting the ball in the hoop against the Eagles. Thomas stuffed the stat sheet with 13 points, seven steals, six rebounds and five assists.

“I definitely want to do whatever I can for my team,” Thomas said. “If that means defensively or with rebounding or scoring, I do whatever I can.”

The Firebirds surged out to a 10-0 in the first three minutes and led comfortably the rest of the way, but they did have a few lulls offensively in the second half. Thomas’ motor kept running for the full 32 minutes, though, as she scored seven of her 13 points in the fourth quarter.

“The team appreciates her. Sometimes she’s a point guard that has got to play inside because of our deficiencies in terms of height, but boy does she go rebound, play tough defense and make some tough shots inside,” Free State coach Ted Juneau said. “She probably hasn’t had the greatest start to the season, but the last two or three games you can tell she’s getting more and more comfortable. She’s obviously a plus for us.”

The Firebirds (4-2) surged out to a 10-0 in the first three minutes, behind sharp-shooting sophomore Sam Lawrence. The Free State guard scored 16 of her 18 points in the first half.

“Sam the past couple of games has kind of been off, and this is just going to be a great start for her — especially leading into the Leavenworth game,” said senior Madison Piper of Lawrence. “She just started us off by just attacking, and it got us all going. We all got pumped up, and we were excited about it.”

Piper paced the Firebirds for the second straight game with 26 points after netting 27 in Tuesday’s 63-30 win over SM East. The Santa Clara signee said that she feels in more of a rhythm offensively in the Firebirds first two games back from winter break.

“I started off this year a little bit shaky, but I think I’m just starting to get going better,” Piper said. “I think I’m starting to realize that this is my last season for high school ball, and I really want to end it well.”

The Firebirds know that they’ll have to be firing on all cylinders offensively again on Tuesday if they want to push their winning streak to three games when they take on Leavenworth. The Pioneers (6-1, No. 2 in Class 5A) upended Shawnee Mission Northwest (5-2, No. 2 in Class 6A), 46-34, on Friday.

“From when we started to here, we’ve really improved and I think we’ll continue to improve,” Juneau said. “We’ll have a heck of a test Tuesday against Leavenworth. Like I told the kids here, that’s kind of like a first quarter test to see how we can do.”

OLATHE NORTH (57)

Jaida Kenana 3-8 3-5 9, Lexy Watts 8-13 10-14 26, Hope Watts 0-0 0-2 0, Brooklynn Anderson 2-3 1-2 5, Leyanna McGinnis 6-9 5-10 17. Totals: 19-33 19-33 57.

FREE STATE (73)

Sam Lawrence 7-12 2-2 18, Cameryn Thomas 5-9 3-5 13, Jaycie Bishop 0-3 0-0 0, CK Kesten 2-3 1-2 6, Madison Piper 10-13 2-2 26, Haley Hippe 3-4 0-0 6, Jaelyn Two Hearts 2-9 0-0 4, Erin Cushing 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 29-53 7-11 73.

Olathe North 10 12 19 16 — 57

Free State 27 20 13 13 — 73

Three-point goals: Olathe North 1-3 (Kenana); Free State 7-18 (Piper 3, Lawrence 2, Kesten). Fouled out: None. Turnovers: Olathe North 13, Free State 13.