The KSHSAA high school football state championship games have been held at various venues across the state in the last few years, between Emporia, Hays, Pittsburg and other sites.
Where the games haven't been played at since 2003 is either of its two biggest possible venues. That’s something that Kansas coach Lance Leipold would like to change, and both Lawrence and Free State’s football coaches agree with ...
For the last few years, Jason Schroeder has been a de facto member of the Free State community, living in the area around the school and attending sporting events with his family.
Now it's official, as Schroeder became the Free State athletic director in June. Although this is his first job within the district, Schroeder has been a longtime resident of Lawrence, which is something that he believes will help him ...
The first thing Matt Ulmer did after taking over as Kansas volleyball coach was to figure out who was on his roster.
The 2024 Kansas team graduated seniors who played extensive minutes during the season. That left Ulmer to figure out who he had left on his team and how to supplement the talent that stayed on the team going into 2025.
“The first thing is trying to figure out who's here and who wants to be ...
The Kansas cross-country teams are coming off a season in which they finished middle of the conference on both teams but retained most of their top runners.
In 2024, the Jayhawks’ men’s team finished seventh in the Big 12 conference and 12th of 29 teams in the NCAA Midwest regional, while the women’s team finished eighth in the conference and 13th of 33 teams in the regional. KU cross-country coach ...
Braden Wilmes stood in the hallway of Southwest Middle School as an eighth grader after meeting Free State football coach Kevin Stewart and debated whether he’d play football.
Wilmes had played football almost every year since kindergarten and started playing tackle football in second grade. But he was unsure if he wanted to play when he enrolled at Free State. He liked the sport, but he wasn’t sold on it. ...
Since the start of the high school baseball season, Hudson Hardesty has competed in over 70 baseball games between the school season and summer club baseball season.
These past few months have been important for Hardesty as he works to showcase his talent for colleges. That’s led Hardesty to take four trips to Atlanta for various national competitions, including the Preps Baseball Future Games, which brings ...
