Free State

Free State will send 19 athletes to state track in 13 events

Free State swept the 4x800-meter relays on Friday at Wichita Northwest in a meet that saw the Firebirds qualify 19 athletes in 13 events for the upcoming state track and field championships at Wichita State. The girls’ team of Elle Cormaney, Mady Whitney, Greta Barnett and Cayman Barnes won ...

Preps notebook: LHS teams fall in regionals, Eudora softball wins regional title

The postseason came to an abrupt end for Lawrence High’s baseball and softball teams against a pair of higher-seeded schools on the fields of the Blue Valley District Athletic Complex on Wednesday afternoon. LHS softball fell 10-0 to Gardner Edgerton in six innings. The Blazers’ pitcher ...

Free State softball will return to state after gritty win over Manhattan

Twice on Wednesday night the second-seeded Free State softball team gave up a run by a fraction of a second, and twice the Firebirds shook it off as though nothing had happened. In the fourth inning, seventh-seeded Manhattan finally got to FSHS ace Elsa Carrillo when Isabelle Peabody worked ...