Free State’s Nathan Young made history on Tuesday night by tossing a no-hitter. "Well, you’re real happy for the player, first of all,” head coach Mike Hill said. “We have great kids, and any time you see one of them achieve something special, you’re really happy.” That feat, ...
In a marathon contest, the Free State softball team put enough timely hits together in the latter stages to take down Sunflower League opponent Olathe North 17-13 at home on Tuesday. “Any time you get a win, especially against a Sunflower (League) team, you've got to be thankful for that and ...
The Lawrence boys tennis teams hosted Free State, Olathe East and Shawnee Mission Northwest on Monday at Sports Pavilion Lawrence. It was Free State’s first competition of the season, while Lawrence is in its second week of action. Free State won all 12 matches in the quad, while Lawrence ...
The Free State baseball team took advantage of seven walks and three hit batsmen en route to a 7-1 home win over Shawnee Mission East on Thursday. “That’s a big part of our game; we like to be patient in the (batter’s) box,” senior Ben Graves said. “We knew that (Shawnee Mission East ...
The spring sports season continued throughout the week as more sports and more local athletes got started with competition. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the Week: AJ Kimzey, Free State Kimzey got off to a hot start in the golf season with a win in the ...
Free State and Lawrence girls swim and dive teams competed in their second meet of the season on Tuesday with an invitational at Lawrence High. Free State coach Janna Skinner and Lawrence coach Elle Weber saw good things from their teams in Tuesday’s meet, as well as a few key areas for ...