Free State’s volleyball team is a veteran group with 10 upperclassmen on the 12-player roster, including seven seniors. With a team dominated by older players, it is a challenge for young players to carve out an important role. Yet, in the starting lineup among the seniors, 5-foot-5 freshman Brinley Whitney is in the rotation. Whitney. the lone freshman on the varsity team, has built a role just a few months ...
Free State volleyball struggled with self-inflicted mistakes in a Tuesday dual against Olathe West and lost 3-0. The Firebirds took an early lead in the first set, winning the first 2 points, but the Owls rattled off a 9-1 run shortly after. That led to Free State calling a timeout down 9-3. Free State scored back-to-back points, but Olathe West rebounded with a 6-3 run to lead the Firebirds 16-8. “We ...
Eudora, Free State and Lawrence girls golf teams compete in Firebird Invitational on Monday Free State hosted the Firebird Invitational on Monday at Lawrence Country Club with 15 girls golf teams competing, including Eudora and Lawrence. The Firebirds took fifth in the invitational with a 395 team score. Eudora finished seventh with a 400 score and Lawrence placed 12th at 470. For the Firebirds, Claire ...
Senior receiver Emmanuel Henderson Jr. went out on kickoff return in the second quarter of Kansas football’s 41-10 win over West Virginia on Saturday with instructions to make a fair catch. Henderson opted to make a play instead. He fielded a short kick and ran up to Kansas' 44-yard line, which vaulted the offense into a quick, three-play, 56-yard scoring drive. “I was very confident after I broke loose on ...
Olathe — Olathe Northwest ran through the Lawrence defense with ease in a 38-17 Thursday-night loss for the Lions at the College Boulevard Activity Center, as Lawrence fell to 0-3. Olathe Northwest started with the ball on the first drive, picking up four first downs, one with a penalty and three on the ground, and a score. The Lions’ defense stepped up for a tackle-for-loss on a third-down screen pass, ...
Lawrence High football (0-2) is back at the College Boulevard Activity Center for a Thursday night game against Olathe Northwest (1-1) and searching for its first win of the season. The Lions are still adjusting to the new systems in place under coach Jason Thoren, and he expected there to be some growing pains involved in the process. Between the first two weeks, Thoren said he saw improvement, but that the ...