Lenexa — The Free State and Lawrence boys swimming and diving teams concluded their season with the final day of the 6A state meet at the Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center. Free State finished 13th as a team with 65 points, and Lawrence came in 17th with 47 points. For relays, ...

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 ...

Lenexa — Free State freshman Gavin McIntosh qualified for the 6A state dive finals after scoring 246.05 points for 12th place on the leaderboard during the first day of the KSHSAA 6A state swim and dive meet. The Firebirds had two divers compete on Thursday, and both reached the semifinal ...