- Div. I schools recruiting FSHS football duo
- April 11, 2013
- Free State High football juniors Fred Wyatt and Joe Dineen already are sorting through offers to play Div. I college football. By Benton Smith
- Firebirds’ Tye Hughes Shrine addition
- March 28, 2013
- Free State High senior football receiver and special-teams standout Tye Hughes has been added to the East all-star roster for the 2013 Kansas Shrine Bowl.
- FSHS football meeting set
- March 28, 2013
- The Free State High football program will host a parent and player meeting Monday for students interested in joining the team next fall.
- Area prep athletes sign with college teams
- 06:45 p.m., February 6, 2013 Updated 12:43 a.m.
- Wednesday, better known in the recruiting world as national signing day, marked not only the culmination of high school careers, but also the beginning of the future for numerous area high school athletes who will move on to compete in the collegiate ranks. And even more will follow suit in the days to come. By Benton Smith
- FSHS long snapper earns top ranking
- January 30, 2013
- Reid Buckingham, a junior center and long snapper for the Free State High football team, earned the No. 7 spot in the Top 12 among underclassmen at the 11th Annual National Chris Rubio Long Snapping Event, held Jan. 19-20 in Las Vegas.
- Area athletes invited to Shrine Bowl
- December 27, 2012
- Area football players Nick Becker of Eudora High, Dayton Valentine of Baldwin, Marc Walbridge of McLouth and Staton Rebeck of Mill Valley have been selected to represent the East all-star team in the Kansas Shrine Bowl.
- Two city preps land Shrine Bowl invites
- December 26, 2012
- Lawrence High senior quarterback Brad Strauss and Free State High lineman Cody Stanclift on Wednesday were named to the East roster of the Kansas Shrine Bowl.
- City football preps honored
- December 4, 2012
- The honors keep pouring in for the city’s top high school football players in the wake of a fantastic fall.
- Journal-World All-Area Football Team
- November 30, 2012
- The 2012 Journal-World All-Area football team is revealed. By Benton Smith
- Ex-Firebird lineman Lisher signs with Baker
- November 28, 2012
- Former Free State High offensive lineman Michael Lisher signed a letter of intent to play football at Baker University, Wildcats coach Mike Grossner announced Tuesday.
- City football players rack up all-league honors
- November 26, 2012
- No one could deny the success of Lawrence’s football teams when coaches hand-picked the 2012 All-Sunflower League honorees.
- Free State football season ends on nightmare note with 48-21 loss to SM West
- November 17, 2012
- A potential dream season for the Free State High football team died Friday night at Shawnee Mission South District Stadium, courtesy of a nightmare, 48-21 ending. By Benton Smith
- Opinion: Firebirds’ late-season letdown serves as lesson
- November 17, 2012
- Atypical Free State blunders led to a painful elimination in the Class 6A state football semifinals on Friday. Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan tries to determine where things went so wrong in the 48-21 loss to Shawnee Mission West.
- FINAL: Shawnee Mission West defeats Free State, 48-21, in 6A semifinals
- 06:37 p.m., November 16, 2012 Updated 10:21 p.m.
- Very little went right for Free State following a first-possession touchdown, as the Shawnee Mission West Vikings dominated the Firebirds, 48-21, in the 6A state semifinals on Friday night at Shawnee Mission South District Stadium. By Jesse Newell
- Semifinal foes FSHS, SM West go way back
- November 16, 2012
- The last time Free State High faced Shawnee Mission West in the Class 6A state football playoffs, junior linebackers Stan Skwarlo and Keith Loneker were ball boys for the Firebirds. By Benton Smith
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