- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Free State soccer wins, 1-0, at Hayden
- May 10, 2013
- Maddie Dieker scored a goal midway through the second half, and Free State High’s girls soccer team defeated Topeka Hayden, 1-0, on Thursday.
- Free State senior Lee McMahon makes himself at home behind the plate
- May 9, 2013
- Now a senior, Lee McMahon has caught every inning for Free State High each of the past two seasons and has started since he was a sophomore. By Benton Smith
- Firebird golfer bemoans ‘brutal’ day
- Free State’s Green struggles, but still snares second-team all-league honors
- May 9, 2013
- Free State High’s Alex Green was one of a few city competitors left disappointed after playing on his home course. By Jesse Newell
- A 1-2 punch: Top of the order keys Free State softball victory
- May 9, 2013
- Free State’s first two batters reached base in seven of their eight combined plate appearances Wednesday night at Lawrence High, and the Firebirds won the City Showdown, 7-4.
- Lions, Firebirds outline plan of attack for LHS golf tourney at Alvamar
- May 8, 2013
- For the third and final year, Kyle and Renee Green welcomed golfers from both Lawrence High and Free State into their backyard for a cookout Monday night. At the end of the night, some of the golfers discussed how they plan to attack Alvamar’s long public golf course, home of today’s third and final leg of the Sunflower League tournament. By Tom Keegan
- Free State girls soccer falls short on Senior Night
- May 8, 2013
- A last-minutes attempt to tie the game fell short and the Free State girls soccer team lost, 2-1, to Shawnee Mission Northwest on Senior Night at FSHS. By Benton Smith
- Firebirds claim 4-0 soccer win
- May 7, 2013
- Free State knocked in four goals after halftime in a 4-0 victory over Lawrence High on Monday at LHS. By Jesse Newell
- FSHS softball pulls away from LHS
- May 7, 2013
- Remington Samuels hit a three-run triple to turn a close game into a Free State runaway, an eventual 12-5 FSHS victory in the softball City Showdown. By Matt Tait
- Free State baseball blanks Lions, 5-0
- May 7, 2013
- Dane McCullough threw all seven innings in the City Showdown, limited Lawrence High to five hits and only allowed three Lions to reach scoring position in a 5-0 Free State victory that capped an undefeated run through the Sunflower League by the Firebirds.By Benton Smith
- City to send six to state tennis
- May 7, 2013
- Lawrence High’s boys tennis team earned Class 6A regional runner-up honors on Monday at Gardner-Edgerton, and six city athletes qualified for state.
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