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David Mitchell
Recent stories
- Davis: FSHS plays ‘good team basketball’
- Lion boys wary of No. 1-ranked Firebirds as showdown looms
- February 5, 2005
- Free State High doesn’t look like the No. 1 basketball team in the state — at least not before the opening tip. The Firebirds don’t have a player taller than 6-foot-3.
- Sprow almost perfect
- FSHS senior settles for 299 in home victory
- February 4, 2005
- Dacia Sprow wasn’t perfect Thursday at Royal Crest Lanes, but she was tantalizingly close. Sprow opened Free State High’s bowling match against Olathe North with 11 straight strikes.
- Ottawa celebrates ‘big day’
- Lineman Blakesley officially joins Jayhawks’ football program
- February 3, 2005
- Caleb Blakesley didn’t think national signing day was anything to get excited about.
- Heckman sweeps KSD
- Coach guides three Seahawks victories
- February 2, 2005
- Seabury Academy’s boys basketball team defeated Kansas School for the Deaf, 45-42, Tuesday night in regulation, but Seahawks coach Marcus Heckman worked overtime.
- Free State places third, Lawrence takes fifth
- January 30, 2005
- Jenna Brantley’s shots wouldn’t fall for three quarters, but the sophomore rallied Free State High from a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit Saturday in a 61-60 girls basketball victory over Blue Valley in the third-place game of the Firebird Winter Classic.
- Offensive drought dooms FSHS girls
- January 29, 2005
- After trailing Manhattan, 28-17, at halftime Friday night in the semifinals of the Firebird Winter Classic, sixth-seeded Free State limited the second-seeded Indians to four points in the third quarter.
- Lions bothered by turnovers, Tigers
- January 28, 2005
- Lawrence High was within one point of Blue Valley after Lacey Elmore’s basket with 7:22 remaining Thursday night in the first round of the Firebird Winter Classic at Free State High.
- Free State’s threes great
- Long-range shooting key to 52-32 first-round victory
- January 28, 2005
- Topeka Hayden wasn’t too worried about Free State High’s three-point shooters Thursday night in the first round of the Firebird Winter Classic. Big mistake.
- Back in state form
- After year off, Lion senior Colwell again thriving
- January 27, 2005
- It’s not unusual for high school students to think ahead to their senior year. Last winter, Zach Colwell had little choice.
- Free State girls hoping recent practice pays off
- January 27, 2005
- Free State High’s girls haven’t played a basketball game in nine days, but FSHS coach Bryan Duncan wasn’t worried about his team being rusty tonight in the first round of the Firebird Winter Classic.
- City commissioner wants state to revoke nightclub's liquor license May 21, 2013 · 29 comments
- Opinion: Amid crisis, Europe resists extremism May 21, 2013 · 41 comments
- City accepts recreation center bids, but won' t proceed with building until Fritzel provides infrastructure costs May 21, 2013 · 13 comments
- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013 · 67 comments
- House Republican leaders propose 1.5 percent cut to higher education for each of next two fiscal years May 21, 2013 · 15 comments
- Will of the people May 21, 2013 · 13 comments
- Opinion: Scandals undermine trust in Obama May 19, 2013 · 47 comments
- Local organizations aim to support tornado victims May 21, 2013 · 6 comments
- Blog: Kansas science and math teachers easily recruited away May 20, 2013 · 50 comments
- Blog: FreedomWorks urges Legislature to reject Common Core reading and math standards May 21, 2013 · 23 comments
- Tarik Black strong, physical May 22, 2013
- LHS student earns perfect ACT score May 21, 2013
- Opinion: Wayne Selden sizes up recruits May 21, 2013
- Budget cuts force Head Start to close Edgewood Homes facility May 21, 2013
- KU baseball gets involved in Moore, Okla., relief effort May 21, 2013
- Lions face one more test February 29, 2008
- Editorial: Judicial joust May 22, 2013
- Local organizations aim to support tornado victims May 21, 2013
- Longo services December 11, 2003
- City accepts recreation center bids, but won' t proceed with building until Fritzel provides infrastructure costs May 21, 2013
