Coach of the Year: Brandon Parker, Eudora Parker led the Eudora Cardinals to a Frontier League championship and substate championship in the 2025-26 season. The Cardinals went 21-4 overall this season while making it to the 4A state quarterfinal. Player of the Year: Cami Nauholz, ...
Coach of the Year: Don Blanchat, Baldwin Blanchat led the Bulldogs to the school’s first 4A state championship with a 22-6 overall record. After a 2-4 stretch in the middle of the season, Baldwin finished on a 10-game win streak that included beating two previously undefeated teams in the ...
The Free State baseball team took advantage of seven walks and three hit batsmen en route to a 7-1 home win over Shawnee Mission East on Thursday. “That’s a big part of our game; we like to be patient in the (batter’s) box,” senior Ben Graves said. “We knew that (Shawnee Mission East ...
The spring sports season continued throughout the week as more sports and more local athletes got started with competition. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the Week: AJ Kimzey, Free State Kimzey got off to a hot start in the golf season with a win in the ...
Free State and Lawrence girls swim and dive teams competed in their second meet of the season on Tuesday with an invitational at Lawrence High. Free State coach Janna Skinner and Lawrence coach Elle Weber saw good things from their teams in Tuesday’s meet, as well as a few key areas for ...
After a three-run first inning, Free State softball was silenced at the plate for the remainder of Tuesday’s contest, resulting in a 4-3 season-opening loss at home to Olathe Northwest. “We saw some good things,” head coach Charley Bowen said. “We came out in the first inning, scored ...