Free State freshman Jack Randall claimed his first win of his high school career Tuesday afternoon during the first leg of the Sunflower League Invitational. Randall shot a 71 to finish one stroke under par at the Deer Creek Golf Course. His score was one stroke better than Mill Valley senior Nick Mason. Randall’s high finish helped the Firebirds place fifth as a team with a total score of 333. During his ...
Thanks to a five-run outburst in the bottom of the sixth, Lawrence High’s baseball team grabbed a 8-3 win over Olathe North Tuesday night at LHS. It was enough to help the Lions snap a three-game skid. With the score tied at 3-3, Lawrence (6-4) got the sixth inning started with a leadoff triple from senior shortstop Carlos Vasquez. Cole Mondi then brought Vasquez home on a triple to right one batter later, ...
In a way, the No. 1 doubles match between Free State and Lawrence High boys tennis was symbolic of Tuesday’s City Showdown at LHS. Free State’s doubles tandem of George Thornton and Ben Melvin have practiced with Lawrence High’s duo of Drew Dean and Cuyler Dunn for several years now. So, even though Tuesday's installment of the longstanding event marked the first official meeting between the two squads, ...
In a hectic game that came down to the final pitch, the Lions ended up falling just short in a 6-5 loss to Gardner Edgerton Saturday afternoon at LHS. Lawrence (5-4) has now lost three games in a row, all of which have taken place this past week. Just like their previous two losses, the Lions had every opportunity to end up in the win column on Saturday. They just didn’t. “I think we let it slip away,” ...
Free State’s softball team took control down the stretch in its 13-6 road victory over Olathe West Saturday afternoon. With the score tied at 4-4 through four innings, the Firebirds (5-0) grabbed the lead for good with three runs in the top of the fifth. They then added four runs in the sixth and three more in the seventh to pull away. Offensively, Free State was led by a four-hit performance from Tatum ...
Free State softball’s star pitcher Tatum Clopton said she had an “off day” in Friday’s 8-0 win over Shawnee Mission Northwest. The stat sheet suggests otherwise. Clopton struck out a season-high 18 batters in the two-time state champions’ home victory. She didn’t even surrender a baserunner until a one-out walk in the seventh en route to her first no-hitter of the young season. “I think I ...