Free State head volleyball coach Jayme Savage, who has been at the helm for two years now, knows she has the late Nancy Hopkins to thank for getting to this point in her career. Savage played for Hopkins at Free State from 2000-03 and had a chance to join her staff in 2008. Savage was an assistant for Hopkins until she retired in 2014 after 18 seasons guiding the program. Savage didn’t become Free State’s ...
To begin the 2021 campaign, Free State’s boys bowling team secured a runner-up finish at Tuesday’s quadrangular meet at Royal Crest Lanes. Free State finished with a team score of 2,501, which trailed only Olathe East’s mark of 2,606 in the opening action of the new season. It marked the first competition under first-year coach Taylor Stuart. The Firebirds had three different individuals finish inside ...
The Lawrence High boys basketball team picked up right where it left off in 2020 in its first game of the new year. After having last week’s game postponed, Lawrence secured a 63-47 road win over Olathe Northwest Tuesday night in its first game since Dec. 17. The Lions (No. 3 in Class 6A) improved to 6-0 on the year, which includes five double-digit victories. “I really liked the spark we had off our ...
Lawrence High’s girls basketball team struggled on the offensive end in its 39-20 home loss to Olathe Northwest Tuesday night at LHS. The Lions (1-5) got down early, but never fully went away. They fought hard before ultimately running out of gas in the second half when they went scoreless in the third quarter. “We battled and played our tails off,” LHS head coach Jeff Dickson said. “We got down big ...
Free State’s boys basketball team extended its win streak to three games with a 61-35 home victory over Olathe North Tuesday night. The Firebirds (4-1, No. 9 in Class 6A) have won all three games since coming back from the break, which was a bit longer than usual because they had to quarantine in December. But things seem to be going smoothly for Sam Stroh’s squad at the moment. Free State held Olathe ...
In its first home meet of the season, the results stayed the same for the Free State wrestling program. The Firebirds remained undefeated on the year after picking up two convincing wins over Gardner Edgerton and Olathe East on Saturday at FSHS. Free State earned a 61-18 win over Gardner Edgerton and secured a 49-27 victory over Olathe East in the first meet of the 2021 portion of its schedule. With those two ...