Neither Free State senior Cole Wheeler nor junior Dash Cleveland started Friday night in the boys basketball team’s season opener, but that didn’t keep them from making the biggest impact in a 83-42 victory over Raytown South at FSHS. Wheeler and Cleveland were the first two players off the bench in the first quarter, and the duo combined to score 23 of Free State’s 25 points in the second quarter, which ...
Free State’s wrestling program didn’t disappoint in its first competition under first-year head coach Randy Streeter, earning a pair of convincing wins in the season opener Wednesday night at De Soto. The Firebirds dropped just one of their 28 total bouts on the night. Free State earned a 76-0 win over De Soto and secured a 78-6 victory over Shawnee Mission West to begin the 2020-21 campaign. “It's been ...
An inexperienced and shorthanded Lawrence High girls basketball team was overmatched from start to finish in a 59-23 loss to Blue Valley Northwest Thursday night at LHS. The Lions, who were without multiple potential starters and started five underclassmen, faced a 23-3 deficit after the first quarter and it all proved to be too much to overcome in their season opener. “I thought we got frustrated early,” ...
Following a 2-0 start to the season, the Kansas women’s basketball team will face its toughest test yet when it travels to Ole Miss (1-0) Thursday night. Tipoff for the nonconference clash that is part of the annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge is slated for 7:30 p.m. Kansas has not trailed at any point this season on its way to back-to-back wins over Northern Colorado and Texas A&M Corpus Christi. The Jayhawks ...
First-year head coach Chris Linner really hasn’t had much of an adjustment period with his team before the Free State girls basketball squad is scheduled to begin the 2020-21 campaign. Free State will start things off with a road matchup against Blue Valley Northwest at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. In fact, Linner will only have had a few weeks of in-person practice with the Firebirds before they face his former team ...
Four Free State winter sports programs will begin competition this week after recently finding out that the high school sports season will go on as scheduled. Free State’s swim and dive program and the wrestling team will get started on Wednesday. FSHS boys basketball will have its season opener at home on Friday, while the girls basketball team will be in action in a road matchup on Saturday. Here is a look ...