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Free State Gymnastics

FSHS gymnasts take state crown
By Benton Smith
October 23, 2011
Some impromptu number crunching might have made the actual announcement a tad anticlimactic, but Free State High’s gymnastics team finished a dominating season by winning a state championship Saturday at Shawnee Mission Northwest.
State awaits city gymnasts
By Benton Smith
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
Staff Reports
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
J-W Staff Reports
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
J-W Staff Reports
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
Staff reports
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
J-W Staff Reports
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
By Tom Keegan
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
J-W Staff Reports
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
J-W Staff Reports
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
By Clark Goble
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
J-W Staff Reports
September 26, 2010
Free State High’s gymnastics team finished third at its home tournament Saturday.
Free State holding parents meeting
J-W Staff Reports
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
By Dugan Arnett
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
By Matt Tait
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:

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