WRITER: David Rodish

Free State boys golf takes 8th with 3 state placers, Lawrence qualifier finishes as state placer

Free State placed eighth as a team in the two-day 6A state golf tournament in Winfield, with a team score of 316. The Free State score only counts the team’s first-day results from Tuesday, as the Firebirds didn’t have enough qualifiers to qualify for the second day, Wednesday, as a team. Shawnee Mission East won the 6A state tournament with a 582 team score, while Blue Valley North’s Brady Rapp won the ...

LHS girls 4x100-meter relay team qualifies for state with two runners who also play softball

Lawrence High School’s 4x100-meter relay team qualified for the state meet at Friday’s regional meet, recording the best time of the season for LHS in the event. Friday’s relay team had an unusual composition. Two of the four runners, senior Harper Dye and freshman Lucy Juelsgaard, competed in softball, and Juelsgaard’s first day with the team was the day of the regional meet. The team wasn’t even ...

Free State girls soccer season ends in 3-0 quarterfinal loss to Maize

Maize — Free State’s girls soccer season came to an end in the 6A quarterfinal round in a 3-0 loss to Maize on Monday. The Firebirds reached several school records this year. Their 9-9-1 record is the most wins in the school’s history, and the team set a record for goals scored with 37. The Firebirds were competitive in almost every game and only lost two games by more than two goals, including Monday’s ...

Free State finishes ninth, Lawrence 25th at 6A state girls swim and dive meet

Topeka — Free State and Lawrence’s girls swim and dive teams competed in the 6A KSHSAA state tournament from Thursday to Saturday, with the Firebirds finishing ninth and the Lions tying for 25th. Saturday was the final day, with prelim and semifinal rounds of dive taking place on Thursday and the prelim swim events on Friday. Free State scored 127 points, while Lawrence scored two. Neither school had a ...

Preps Notebook: Regional tournaments conclude for baseball, boys golf, girls soccer and softball

The regional week of the spring sports season outside of track and field concluded on Thursday, determining which teams and athletes will advance to state tournaments. Here's how local teams fared in those tournaments: Baseball Free State held the No. 1 seed in the 6A West and won the regional games by a combined 21-1, setting the Firebirds up for another state tournament berth. The Firebirds enter the 6A ...