- City basketball teams move up in Class 6A ranks
- February 12, 2013
- The city’s top two high school basketball teams — the Lawrence High boys and the Free State girls — both moved up a spot in the latest Kansas Basketball Coaches Association Class 6A rankings, released Monday.
- FSHS girls fall short of upset against No. 1 O-South
- February 9, 2013
- After leading No. 1 Olathe South by four heading into the fourth quarter, the Free State girls basketball team hit a dry spell late, falling 56-48 to the undefeated Falcons on Friday night at Free State. By Jesse Newell
- Free State girls earn ‘gutsy’ win
- February 6, 2013
- Name something that could go wrong for a team leading by double digits entering the fourth quarter, and it probably happened to Free State High’s girls basketball team Tuesday night at home against Leavenworth. Yet, somehow, the Firebirds found a way to earn a 63-58 victory. By Benton Smith
- Free State girls rock Shawnee Mission North, 62-33
- February 1, 2013
- Abbey Casady and Kennedy Kirkpatrick scored 13 points apiece, and Free State High’s girls basketball team defeated Shawnee Mission North, 62-33, on Thursday night for its sixth straight victory.
- Free State girls shut down SM West
- January 30, 2013
- The Free State girls basketball team once again limited the scoring from taller and bigger foes, shutting down Shawnee Mission West’s offense in a 41-26 victory on Tuesday night at Free State. By Jesse Newell
- Defense lifts FSHS girls to Winter Classic crown
- January 26, 2013
- No one would have handed Free State High’s girls basketball team an award for offensive proficiency following its Saturday afternoon game against Washburn Rural, but defense earned the Firebirds a 43-31 victory and their second straight Firebird Winter Classic championship trophy. By Benton Smith
- Free State girls frustrate Topeka West in 58-24 rout
- January 26, 2013
- Free State High girls basketball team held Topeka West without a field goal for the first 19:48 of a 58-24 walloping on Friday in the Firebird Winter Classic semifinals. By Benton Smith
- FSHS girls open Firebird Winter Classic with record victory
- January 24, 2013
- Placing an atypical starting five on the floor didn’t stop Free State High’s girls basketball team from thumping Highland Park, 79-22, Thursday afternoon in the first round of the Firebird Winter Classic. By Benton Smith
- FSHS girls healthy in time for Firebird Winter Classic
- January 24, 2013
- Though recently limited at practices due to injuries and illnesses, Free State High’s girls basketball team expects to be at full strength for the Firebird Winter Classic. By Benton Smith
- Free State girls put on passing display in 66-21 rout of KC Washington
- January 16, 2013
- Every member of Free State High’s girls basketball team channeled her inner point guard and extra passes ruled the night Tuesday in the Firebirds’ 66-21 thumping of Kansas City Washington. By Benton Smith
- FSHS senior Kennedy Kirkpatrick not badly hurt
- January 15, 2013
- Getting diagnosed with a partially torn medial collateral ligament doesn’t seem like a pleasant way to spend one’s afternoon, but Free State High girls basketball senior Kennedy Kirkpatrick was overjoyed Monday when she received that news. By Benton Smith
- Ravens star frustrates Firebirds girls; Kirkpatrick hurt late in loss
- January 12, 2013
- Though the Free State girls basketball team, ranked No. 4 in Class 6A, clawed and fought against No. 8-ranked Olathe Northwest, it couldn’t find a way to consistently stop the Ravens in a 64-40 home loss on Friday.
- FSHS girls falter in fourth, falls, 49-46
- January 8, 2013
- Free State High’s girls basketball players and coaches left Shawnee Mission South on Monday night trying to wrap their brains around what exactly went wrong in a 49-46 loss to the Raiders. By Benton Smith
- Kirkpatrick sparks Free State girls late against Olathe East
- January 5, 2013
- Kennedy Kirkpatrick scored 13 second-half points as the Free State girls basketball team edged Olathe East, 47-44, on Friday in Olathe. By Jesse Newell
- Seeing double: Firebirds boast two sets of twins
- December 23, 2012
- Anyone walking into a gymnasium to watch a Free State High girls basketball game should be warned: It’s common to suffer from double vision — twice over. The Firebirds have not one but two sets of twins — Abbey and Chelsea Casady and Ariana and Summer Frantz. By Benton Smith
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