Lawrence High’s softball team was unable to hang onto its lead in a 5-3 loss to Olathe North during the regional opener Tuesday night at Olathe District Athletic Complex. The Lions, who were the No. 14 seed in the Class 6A East, ended their season with a 4-16 overall record. With a 3-1 lead over No. 3 seed Olathe North, Lawrence gave up four runs in the bottom of the fifth. LHS scored one run in the first, ...
Behind an individual title from freshman Jack Randall, Free State’s boys golf team recorded a runner-up finish at the Washburn regional meet on Monday at the Topeka Country Club. The Firebirds shot 328 as a team and had all six golfers finish inside the top-23 on the individual leaderboard. It means Free State’s entire squad qualified for the Class 6A state golf meet, which is slated to take place next week ...
Free State and Lawrence High each earned one event title during the Sunflower League track and field meet on Friday at the Olathe District Activities Center. As has been the case all year, the Firebirds were led by their distance squad. The boys 4x800-meter relay team won the race with a time of 7:55.56. That is now the fastest mark in the state so far this season. Lawrence senior Amaya Harris secured the ...
The top doubles tandems for Free State and Lawrence High ended up placing at the Class 6A state tennis tournament on Saturday at Harmon Park Tennis Complex in Prairie Village. Free State’s duo of senior Ben Melvin and sophomore George Thornton secured a seventh-place finish to cap off their first and only season as a doubles team. Lawrence’s pair of senior Drew Dean and junior Cuyler Dunn also completed ...
The City Showdown in softball was much more competitive the second time around, but Free State team still managed to pull off a season sweep of Lawrence High with a 5-2 win in the regular-season finale on Thursday. The Firebirds, who rolled to a 15-2 victory over the Lions at their place just nine days earlier, needed a three-run sixth and a superb pitching performance from Tatum Clopton to hold off their ...
Last week, Free State’s tennis team won a regional title for the first time in a decade. This week, they’re looking to take home even more hardware at state. The Firebirds have been riding their balance and depth all season, and that was definitely on display last Friday at the regional meet in Gardner Edgerton. In doubles, senior Ben Melvin and sophomore George Thornton took first, and Minh Vu and Jake ...