Before Friday night’s City Showdown, Free State boys basketball (8-10) had lost two consecutive games, a 27-point loss to Shawnee Mission South and more recently a winnable 10-point defeat to Shawnee Mission East.
The Firebirds were able to right the ship against Lawrence High, which they ...
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 ...
Through one half of the girls’ City Showdown on Friday night at Lawrence High, not a lot was separating Lawrence from Free State. However, the Lions came out of the locker room and used a big second-half run to defeat the Firebirds, 69-39.
The difference in the second half for Lawrence High ...
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 ...
Kansas center Hunter Dickinson correctly predicted after the Jayhawks’ 91-57 loss at BYU on Tuesday that KU was about to receive widespread criticism from fans and national media.
After four days of hearing that criticism — head coach Bill Self said there could be an opportunity to “pull ...
Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self on Friday afternoon pushed back on some aspects of a report from the Tulsa World that suggested he “seriously considered” an offer to become the head coach at Oklahoma State last March.
Self said he has spoken to OSU every time there has been an ...