- State awaits city gymnasts
- October 22, 2011
- A couple of months back, the athletic departments at Free State and Lawrence high schools didn’t know whether they would have a gymnastics program this year. Today, not only are both programs intact, but they will be competing at the state gymnastics meet at Shawnee Mission Northwest.
- FSHS gymnastics wins league title
- October 16, 2011
- Free State High’s Jackie Zaitz and Grace Bartle placed 2-3 in the all-around, and the Firebirds won the Sunflower League gymnastics title Saturday at Olathe East.
- FSHS gymnastics wins
- October 9, 2011
- Jackie Zaitz won the beam, bars and all-around titles, helping Free State High to the team title at the Newton Gymnastics Invitational on Saturday.
- Free State gymnasts place 3-4 at meet
- October 6, 2011
- Free State gymnast Grace Bartle placed third at the All-Around Invitational on Monday at Lawrence High.
- Firebird Jacqueline Zaitz wins all-around crown
- September 26, 2011
- Free State High’s Jacqueline Zaitz won the all-around, and FSHS won the team title at a five-team gymnastics invitational Saturday at Free State.
- FSHS gymnastics takes first place
- September 18, 2011
- Free State High’s gymnastics team took first place out of 12 teams Saturday at the Shawnee Mission North Invitational. Lawrence High School placed ninth overall.
- Star search: Free State’s small senior class talented if not stellar
- September 1, 2011
- The Minnesota Vikings selected Christian Ballard with the ninth pick of the fourth round on the final day of April. The Boston Red Sox used a seventh-round selection on June 7 on left-hander Cody Kukuk, who signed an $800,000 contract 10 weeks later. Earlier this month, Brady Morningstar signed a contract to play professional basketball in Greece. All three graduated from Free State High, which has had plenty to take pride in on the athletic front recently.
- Free State second at state gymnastics
- November 7, 2010
- Kelcy Bowers placed second on the floor routine, Rosie Shaumburg took second on the bars, and the Free State High gymnastics team placed second at the Class 6A state gymnastics meet on Saturday at Shawnee Mission South.
- FSHS gymnastics second at Newton
- October 10, 2010
- Kelcy Bowers was third and Rosie Shaumburg sixth in the all-around to lead Free State High’s gymnastics team to a runner-up finish at the Newton Invitational on Saturday.
- Raising the bar: Free State, LHS gymnasts try out new skills at invite
- October 5, 2010
- Free State High senior gymnast Kelcy Bowers only had one day of practice on her new release from the uneven bars before Monday’s Lawrence All-Around Invitational. That’s typical for gymnasts before the Sunflower League and state meets.
- FSHS gymnastics third
- September 26, 2010
- Free State High’s gymnastics team finished third at its home tournament Saturday.
- Free State holding parents meeting
- August 6, 2010
- Free State High will hold a sports informational meeting for parents at 5 p.m. Sunday in the Free State auditorium prior to the back-to-school barbecue.
- Coaches excited about freshmen moving
- April 29, 2010
- Bob Lisher has experienced the benefits of coaching in a four-class high school system, so when Lawrence school board members voted this week to make the transition from a three-year high school system to a four-year system — subsequently allowing all ninth-grade students to participate in high school athletics for the first time — the Free State football coach wasn’t exactly complaining. Quite the opposite, actually.
- Top 10 prep stories of 2009
- January 1, 2010
- Every year, something happens on the high school sports scene that stands out, be it a state title, a heartbreaking close call, a new record or a fancy first. With that in mind, 2009 was memorable for city sports. Here’s a top-10 list:
- High School Scholar Athlete of the Month: Drue Davis
- November 27, 2009
- Free State’s Drue Davis is November’s High School Scholar Athlete of the Month.
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