Dwayne Paul will be the next head boys basketball coach at Free State, pending board approval, the school announced on Monday. The hire comes after former coach Sherron Collins submitted his resignation last month. Paul comes to Free State after spending the last two years coaching the boys' basketball team at Topeka-Hayden High School. Hayden finished its 2022-23 campaign 11-11, falling to Atchison in the ...
Lenexa — The Free State girls swim and dive team got off to a hot start in the postseason by finishing first overall at the annual Sunflower League Championships on Saturday. Free State, which also won the league meet last year, competed against 12 total schools, including Lawrence High. The Firebirds won eight of the meet’s 12 events this year and shattered two league records. Free State’s 200-yard ...
The Free State and Lawrence High boys tennis teams qualified six total players for the Class 6A state tournament at Thursday’s regional at Mill Valley. Free State senior Britton Snyder blazed his way through singles, winning three consecutive matches and besting Olathe South’s Josh Lee in the championship match. Lawrence High freshman Jack Bauch also punched his ticket to state, finishing third after ...
With two thrilling goals in the final 10 minutes, Lawrence High girls soccer got its first win of the season — and City Showdown bragging rights — by beating crosstown rival Free State 2-1 on Thursday. For the bulk of the game, the Lady Lions were playing from behind. But when it really counted, they managed to pull off the game-clinching scores: one each from freshmen Erin Derby and Elise Lawrence. LHS ...
The Lawrence High track and field team placed seventh in the boys and girls events at the Bob Camien and Claudia Welch Invitational last Friday at Seaman High School. Senior Tyrell Reed won the 100-meter dash (10.47) and junior Paige Platt won the high jump for LHS. Sophomore Riley Howell placed third in the 100-meter dash, just behind Manhattan’s Tanner Dowling-Burnett. In field events, senior Maddock ...
Some late insurance was all Free State softball needed to get by Lawrence High, 4-1, in the City Showdown on Tuesday night at Free State. Although the Lady Lions tried to make a rally by putting up two hits and one run in the sixth, Free State starting pitcher Elsa Carrillo held on, keeping LHS (5-12) to just three total hits for the game. Carrillo, a junior, finished with three walks and eight strikeouts, ...