Olathe — The Free State High football team could not get key scores when needed Friday night, as the Firebirds suffered their first loss of the season to Olathe North, 21-7, at the Olathe District Activity Complex. The Firebirds (2-1) only racked up 240 yards of offense while the Eagles ...

The Free State football team will face its toughest test yet when it looks to keep its unbeaten season alive on Friday at No. 2 Olathe North. After enjoying blowout wins over Shawnee Mission Northwest and Shawnee Mission South, Free State coach Kevin Stewart knows that this week’s game will ...

A runner from Kansas — Free State High’s Ben Shryock — took first place in a Nebraska cross-country race this past weekend. Shryock, a senior, finished with a time of 16:17.8 at the Millard South Invitational at Walnut Grove Park near Omaha, Neb. As a whole, the Firebirds finished ...

From the time he first started playing youth football in Lawrence, Free State quarterback Jet Dineen was pegged as the best of the bunch among a talented group of brothers. All three of the older Dineen boys — Joe, Jay and Jax — went on to play in the Big 12 Conference. And Jet has had a ...

For the second week in a row, the Free State football offense showed how explosive it can be, as the Firebirds rolled to a 49-14 win over Shawnee Mission South in the home opener on Friday night. In the first quarter, it was all Firebirds behind the running of Dash Cleveland and Jet Dineen. ...