- Gary Hammer named Veritas athletic director
- May 15, 2013
- Veritas Christian School has named Gary Hammer athletic director. Hammer will step down as Veritas’ boys basketball coach and will coach junior high girls basketball at the school.
- FSHS softball wary of regional foe; Lions finally healthy
- May 15, 2013
- As the regional playoff host with the gaudy regular-season record, it might be easy to assume Free State High’s 17-3 softball team is the heavy favorite to win two games today at home and move on to the Class 6A state tournament. By Benton Smith
- City baseball teams battle-tested entering regional play
- May 15, 2013
- Coaches like to talk about the importance of using the regular season to set their teams up for the best possible postseason scenario. No baseball team took advantage of that formula better than Free State High (17-3), which plays host to a four-team Class 6A regional today. By Benton Smith
- Chemistry key for FSHS soccer in regional-opening victory over ONW
- May 15, 2013
- Free State girls soccer coach Kelly Barah trusts his team to improvise on scoring opportunities. That trust paid off Tuesday night in the Firebirds’ Class 6A regional opener as Chelsea Casady connected with Maddie Dieker for the only goal in a 1-0 victory against Olathe Northwest. By Benton Smith
- Seabury’s Gaumer signs with DePauw
- May 13, 2013
- Bishop Seabury Academy senior Alexa Gaumer signed a national letter of intent Monday with the DePauw University women’s basketball team.
- Seabury golfer makes state
- May 13, 2013
- Seabury Academy’s Frank Depenbusch qualified for the Class 2A state golf tournament by shooting a 102 at the Uniontown regional on Monday at Woodland Hills.
- Next stop: state — FSHS first, LHS third at golf regional
- May 13, 2013
- Wilson Hack (78), Alex Green (80), Matt Siler (81) and Max Soto (82) all finished as top-10 medalists, and Free State won its Class 6A golf regional title with a team score of 321 — beating out Olathe East (328) and rival Lawrence High (339), which also advanced their teams to state by finishing in the top three. By Benton Smith
- Lions’ Irick finishes eighth at state tennis
- May 12, 2013
- Lawrence High junior Thomas Irick ended up eighth place at the Class 6A state tennis tournament after losing in the consolation semifinals, 9-3, to Blue Valley’s Anil Patel, Saturday at Kossover Tennis Center. By Benton Smith
- Free State hosting regional baseball, softball, soccer games
- May 11, 2013
- KSHSAA released Class 6A regional brackets Saturday, and three Free State High spring sports teams will play host to at least one playoff game this coming week.
- LHS soccer falls
- May 11, 2013
- Lawrence High concluded its soccer regular season with a 2-0 loss to Topeka High on Friday.
- Irick still alive at state tennis
- May 11, 2013
- Lawrence High’s Thomas Irick went 2-1 in singles on the first day of the Class 6A state tennis tournament and continues play today at the Kossover Tennis Center in the consolation bracket.
- LHS softball sweeps
- May 11, 2013
- Lawrence High concluded the regular season with an 11-1, 13-3 rout of Shawnee Mission North. By Jesse Newell
- Free State girls second at league track
- May 11, 2013
- If the Sunflower League created a multitasking medal for track and field athletes, Free State High’s Alexa Harmon-Thomas would have no problem winning it. By Benton Smith
- LHS, FSHS pitchers shine in 10-inning showdown duel
- May 10, 2013
- Although a few clutch at-bats in extra innings turned out to be the difference during Thursday’s City Showdown won by Lawrence High, 2-1, in 10 innings, at Kansas University’s Hoglund Ballpark, neither LHS or Free State would have reached that point had it not been for the four strong outings on the mound that came before it. By Matt Tait
- LHS baseball edges FSHS on bases-loaded, 10th-inning walk
- May 10, 2013
- As combative as the previous couple of hours of City Showdown baseball had been, Free State High coach Mike Hill and his Lawrence High counterpart Brad Stoll proudly shook hands Thursday night at Hoglund Ballpark. Neither side could feel too bad following a 10-inning battle that Lawrence won, 2-1, on a bases-loaded, full-count, two-out, walk-off walk. By Benton Smith
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