LENEXA — Free State swimmer Ella Marsh made Sunflower League history with a record-breaking swim while leading the Firebirds to a third-place finish in the Sunflower League swim meet. Marsh, a freshman, broke the Sunflower League meet record in the 200 individual medley during preliminary ...
After four years as an assistant coach for Free State baseball, Matt Hill knew it was time to lead a program on his own. Shawnee Mission South came calling, and now the first-time head coach is working to create a culture similar to that of Free State, led by his father, Mike Hill. “Well, ...
OLATHE — The Free State boys tennis team qualified all six members of its team for state while finishing second overall in the 6A Gardner Edgerton regional tournament in Olathe. Through several rain delays, an impromptu Lawrence vs. Free State football scrimmage and five rounds of tennis, ...
Free State baseball (18-4) dropped an important Sunflower League game at a costly time, losing to Olathe Northwest 5-0 on Thursday at Free State. The Firebirds now hold a league record of 9-2, half a game back of Olathe West, which Free State defeated on April 30. “We were just not good,” ...
The final month of the spring sports season is fully underway, and teams are entering either the postseason or the final stretches of the regular season. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Corbin May-Bryant, Lawrence May-Bryant won the Hall of Fame ...
LENEXA – Free State baseball saw its lead shrink twice Saturday, and both times, the Firebirds just shook it off as if nothing happened. A wild pitch scored a run in the top of the sixth, and after the game was tied once again in the bottom of the seventh, Free State broke through with two ...