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 ...
Despite a rally in the final inning, Free State’s baseball team came up just short in a 6-5 loss to Shawnee Mission Northwest Thursday night at FSHS. Each team had two runs in the first, but only the visitors kept up the momentum in the innings that followed. The Cougars scored one run in the second, one in the third and two in the fourth. FSHS (4-4, 1-3 Sunflower League) was finally able to put something ...
Rainy weather and wet field conditions wiped out a day of local high school sports events on Thursday. Free State’s softball team was slated to have a home matchup against Shawnee Mission Northwest. That game has now been moved to 5:30 p.m. Friday. The Firebirds, who have won back-to-back state titles, are 3-0 to start the year. Lawrence High’s softball team had its home game against Olathe East postponed. ...
http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2021/apr/05/332356/ Travis Goff was formally introduced as the new athletic director at Kansas Wednesday morning at the Lied Center. Goff, who is a 2002 graduate of the University of Kansas and native of Dodge City, is the fifth AD hired by Kansas since the late Bob Frederick retired in 2001. He takes over this position at KU after nine years as the Deputy AD at ...
Despite a valiant effort, Lawrence High’s baseball team suffered a 11-9 road loss to Olathe East Tuesday night, ending a five-game win streak. The Lions (5-2) faced an early hole after giving up five runs over the first two innings. Lawrence grabbed an 8-6 lead after a huge inning in the top of the sixth, when it scored five runs in a single frame. Lawrence’s sixth-inning outburst was highlighted by a ...
After scoring five runs in the fifth inning, Free State High School’s baseball team seemed to be surging past Olathe North on Tuesday night. But over the next two innings, Olathe North’s Eagles did one better: They scored six. “Credit to Olathe North, they earned it,” FSHS head coach Mike Hill said after the 8-6 defeat. “They bashed the ball around there the last couple of innings, and had a little ...