Before Friday night, the last time the Free State girls basketball team had won a game in Sunflower League play was Feb. 19, 2021, a 55-46 victory over crosstown rival Lawrence. That winless streak, lasting 1,792 days, came to a screeching halt as it took a fourth-quarter comeback for the ...
It was an eventful night at Free State High School on Friday as the Firebirds girls basketball team knocked off Olathe East, 50-48, while the boys team lost to the Hawks 51-38. In a chaotic turn of events, the Free State girls team came back from a 12-point second-half deficit to take down ...
On senior night, the Free State swim and dive team won its home quad against Manhattan, Washburn Rural and Lawrence. The Firebirds have a small senior class this season, but the four-man class of Ewan Campbell, Owen Carnagey, Nathan Friedman and Hank Walter have helped lead the team to an ...
The Free State girls and boys basketball teams faced trying times on Tuesday night, as both teams lost to Olathe North at home. Free State’s girls team (3-6) began the night with an explosive offensive performance, making nine 3-pointers overall but struggling to slow down Olathe North’s ...
The Lawrence and Free State boys wrestling teams competed in the Dodge City Showdown on Friday and Saturday in both teams’ first tournament of the new year. The Firebirds brought six wrestlers to Dodge City and scored 74.0 points. Zane Shaw in the 190-pound weight class had the highest ...
Gardner — Free State basketball returned to Sunflower League action at Gardner Edgerton on Friday, with the girls team losing and the boys coming away victorious. The Firebird girls (3-5) struggled to keep pace with the Trailblazers in the second and fourth quarters en route to a 61-29 ...