Free State’s boys wrestling team qualified 12 wrestlers for state, which set a school record, while the Lawrence team qualified three in regional tournaments over the weekend. The Firebirds participated in the 6A West regional tournament at Garden City High School, which began on Friday and finished fifth with 196.0 points. Lawrence competed in the 6A East regional tournament at Olathe Northwest and finished ...
Lenexa — The second day of the KSHSAA 6A state swim and dive meet featured Lawrence and Free State swimmers competing in preliminary races ahead of the final day on Saturday. The top 16 times from each event qualified for the finals. Free State qualified in seven events with seven qualifying swimmers, and Lawrence qualified in four with four swimmers. Free State qualified all three relay teams, and Lawrence ...
After back-to-back boys basketball losses to their rivals, the Free State Firebirds won 69-49 over Lawrence at LHS on Friday. “I haven’t heard a crowd that loud that I’ve played in,” senior Korbin Dowdell said. "It felt good to have their arena feel like ours. It was a good time for us.” The first half of the game was fast-paced, with plenty of 3-point shooting from both teams. Free State junior ...
Yamirra Woods spent a lot of time watching wrestling videos in the days before her first high school wrestling match. Woods, a sophomore at Lawrence High School, decided to try something new this year. She’d always been told that she was strong, so wrestling seemed like a natural sport for her. Videos of the sport began to populate her TikTok feed, which helped solidify her decision to “see how it is and go ...
Lenexa — Free State freshman Gavin McIntosh qualified for the 6A state dive finals after scoring 246.05 points for 12th place on the leaderboard during the first day of the KSHSAA 6A state swim and dive meet. The Firebirds had two divers compete on Thursday, and both reached the semifinal round. Sophomore Constantine Shipley reached the semifinal after placing 16th of 28 in the preliminary event, while ...
Former Free State wrestlers Matthew Marcum and Eric Streeter have qualified for the NJCAA National Championships. Marcum (197-pound weight class) and Streeter (149-pound weight class) graduated from Free State in 2023 as state champions with over 100 high school wins and joined the Labette Community College wrestling program. Labette won seven of eight duals this season in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College ...