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Free State football star Wyatt tears ACL
June 18, 2013
Free State football senior Fred Wyatt, a 6-foot-4, 260-pound Northwestern University football commit, found out late last week he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. By Benton Smith
Remembering Lila: Baseball helps FSHS assistant cope
June 16, 2013
Immersed in grief over the death of his daughter, Lila, Free State High baseball assistant coach Nolan Deitrich found an outlet for his sorrow in the game he grew up playing. By Benton Smith
Heads-up play saves 5-3 Lawrence Raiders victory
June 16, 2013
Lawrence Raiders catcher Lee McMahon helped save a 5-3 victory on Saturday afternoon at Lawrence High by simply paying attention. By Jesse Newell
Decisions, decisions: Free State’s Khadre Lane turning heads in football, too, to go with basketball reputation
June 15, 2013
Pretty much ever since he first grew comfortable dribbling and shooting, Khadre Lane has identified himself as a basketball player. As he approaches his senior year at Free State High, though, others have begun to look at him in another light. By Benton Smith
All-State softball taps 3 from city
June 13, 2013
The Kansas Softball Coaches Association named three city players to the 2013 Class 6A All-State first team.
Raiders relievers steady in home-opening victory
June 12, 2013
Playing in town for the first time this summer, the Lawrence Raiders rode some steady relief pitching to a 5-3 victory over the Midwest Bruins Tuesday night at Free State High. By Benton Smith
World Company Cup returns to Free State
June 12, 2013
For the seventh time in eight years, the World Company Cup belongs to Free State High. The trophy, awarded since 2006 to the school that prevails most often in City Showdowns and other competitions between rivals Lawrence High and Free State, spent the last year on display at LHS. However, the Lions’ claim to the cup proved short-lived, as Free State conquered the Lions, 17-9, in the standings. By Benton Smith
FSHS grad A’Liyan Rogers on winning all-star team
June 11, 2013
Recent Free State grad A’Liyah Rogers and her Kansas all-star team defeated Missouri, 8-3 and 4-0, in Monday’s 13th annual MO-KAN All Star game at the Shawnee Mission School District Softball Complex.
Bob Lisher: Camp benefitted FSHS football
June 11, 2013
After spending Friday through Sunday in Maryville, Mo., for Northwest Missouri State University’s football camp, Free State High coach Bob Lisher returned to Lawrence feeling optimistic. By Benton Smith
FSHS football forced to replace stars in secondary
June 8, 2013
After four days of football camp this week at Free State High School, coach Bob Lisher knows the biggest holes in the defense could be in the secondary. Although senior free safety Joe Dineen still roams the field looking to dish out punishment, the Firebirds lost the services of recent graduates Kyle McFarland and Demarko Bobo on the corners. By Benton Smith
Harmon-Thomas wins heptathlon at Great Southwest Classic
June 8, 2013
Free State High track star Alexa Harmon-Thomas won the heptathlon Friday at the Great Southwest Track & Field Classic.
Longtime FSHS track coach Heffernan steps aside
June 6, 2013
Steve Heffernan recently told some of his Sunflower League colleagues: “Until you’ve been a head track coach, you don’t know what busy is.” The only track and field coach in Free State High history would know, and he will soon find himself occupied with a different kind of workload. This past spring, which culminated with the Firebirds girls winning the Class 6A state championship, was Heffernan’s 16th and final season. He resigned in order to become the new associate principal at FSHS, effective July 1.
Free State softball’s Rogers named to all-star team
June 5, 2013
Free State High senior shortstop A’Liyah Rogers will play for Kansas against Missouri in the MO-KAN Softball All-Star Series on Monday.
Free State’s Dieker, Hodison first-team all-league soccer
12:12 a.m., June 4, 2013 Updated 09:48 a.m.
Junior Free State High midfielder Maddie Dieker was the lone city player to earn first-team All-Sunflower League honors this season.
Mixing it up: New offense focus at FSHS football camp
June 4, 2013
The Firebirds still managed to look unrecognizable at times during the first day of camp. By Benton Smith

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