This past week featured a number of stellar performances by local athletes at the high school level. For starters, Free State sophomore Tatum Clopton threw a perfect game to begin the week. On the same night, a FSHS soccer player recorded a hat trick. Two days later, a LHS senior scored five goals in a single soccer match. But that’s just a taste of an incredible week in local sports, which also saw a school ...
As soon as Free State junior Colter Maldonado touched first base, he turned to watch senior Mitchell Clark cross home plate. Maldonado clapped his hands emphatically above his head, and his FSHS teammates quickly swarmed him in celebration. Maldonado had put the finishing touches on a classic high school baseball game between Sunflower League foes. His walk-off single gave Free State a 2-1 win over Olathe ...
Much has been made about Tatum Clopton’s otherworldly start to the 2019 season. The Free State sophomore tossed a perfect game and a complete game one-hitter through the first four outings. But the Firebirds, who are the defending 6A state champions, have now shown in back-to-back contests that they have plenty of offensive firepower as well. It was out in full force during Free State’s 11-4 win over ...
Lawrence High senior Anna Chieu fell to the turf in disbelief as her final shot attempt missed just left of the goal. Chieu had three good looks, including one in the final seconds of Lawrence’s 6-3 win over Gardner-Edgerton, to finish off the double hat trick. Gardner-Edgerton goalie Maea Ploetz staved off two other breakaway attempts by Chieu in the final 10 minutes of the contest. In the end, Chieu ...
Tatum Clopton’s opening act of her sophomore campaign was a thing of beauty. Yet, somehow, the talented Free State hurler had an even better encore. Eight days after tossing a one-hit complete-game effort, Clopton pitched a perfect game to help Free State secure a 1-0 win over Olathe South Tuesday night at FSHS. Kay Lee Richardson put the finishing touches on a walk-off win with a triple, which scored Chloe ...
Six hundred seventy-seven. That’s the number of days between Eli Davis’ Tommy John surgery and his first collegiate home start. It proved to be well worth the wait, though, as the left-handed starter posted a terrific outing on the mound to lead Kansas past No. 25 Baylor, 12-7, during the series finale Sunday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark. With the win, the Jayhawks avoided a series sweep and notched ...