- Short-handed FSHS settles for second at state
- October 21, 2012
- Free State High senior Jackie Zaitz spent all Saturday at Lawrence High wearing a walking boot that supported her right ankle. Instead of showing off her all-around skills at the state gymnastics meet, she jotted down scores, walked around gingerly and watched her Firebirds teammates chase a second consecutive state title without her.
- Free State eyes repeat at state gymnastics meet
- October 20, 2012
- When the state gymnastics meet begins at noon today at Lawrence High, neither the Lions nor defending state champion Free State will be at full strength.
- Lions’ AD Ron Commons to retire
- October 18, 2012
- A graduate of Lawrence High and an employee at the school since 1973, LHS athletic director Ron Commons will retire at the end of the school year.
- Free State gymnasts repeat as Sunflower League champs
- October 14, 2012
- Carrie Howland and Grace Bartle took first and second, respectively, in the vault, and the Free State High gymnastics team repeated as Sunflower League champions on Saturday at Olathe East.
- FSHS, LHS gymnasts hope to build on season’s successes
- October 13, 2012
- The concept of a perfect 10 no longer exists in gymnastics. But the gymnasts at Free State High know something about a perfect five.
- FSHS gymnastics first at O-East
- September 27, 2012
- The Free State gymnastics team took first place overall in the team competition on Wednesday at the Olathe East Invitational.
- FSHS gymnastics first, LHS second at Free State Invitational
- September 23, 2012
- Free State’s Jackie Zaitz finished first in all-around, vault, uneven parallel bars, balance beam and floor exercise, and the Firebirds won the Free State Invitational girls gymnastics meet Saturday at FSHS.
- FSHS gymnasts win at SM North
- September 16, 2012
- Free State High’s girls gymnastics team took first place Saturday at the Shawnee Mission North Invitational.
- Firebirds win gymnastics quad
- September 7, 2012
- Free State High’s Jacqueline Zaitz took the all-around and the Firebirds won the team title Thursday at the Shawnee Mission East quadrangular gymnastics meet. Free State totaled 102.5 points and LHS 94.55. Scores for SM East and North were not available.
- Lawrence High teams to scrimmage tonight
- August 22, 2012
- As far as Lawrence High athletic director Ron Commons is concerned, tonight will be a dress rehearsal.
- Let’s get it started: A team-by-team look at the fall sports at Lawrence High
- August 20, 2012
- For some, the regular season is just hours away. Other Lawrence High athletes won’t begin for a few days or a week or more. None can wait, though, for the official start of fall sports. Here’s a look at each LHS program as the teams embark on their seasons.
- Summer’s over: Firebirds, Lions kick off practices for fall programs
- August 14, 2012
- You won’t find August 13 listed as a national holiday on most calendars.
- LHS, FSHS gymnastics coach hired
- July 31, 2012
- The weeks leading up to the start of the season will be significantly less stressful this year for the gymnasts at Free State and Lawrence high schools.
- Uncertain future: LHS, FSHS need coach to keep gymnastics program
- May 30, 2012
- Unless the district is able to hire a new head coach, the gymnastics programs at Lawrence and Free State high schools could be in jeopardy — again.
- FSHS gymnasts take state crown
- 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.
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