Free State’s girls basketball team got an early taste at what the upcoming season will look like as the Firebirds hosted a jamboree on Tuesday. Free State faced Wellsville, Ottawa and Perry-Lecompton in a short, four-minute halves jamboree. The scrimmages came three practices after the team ...
Ryker Mahnke was woken up at midnight on Aug. 1 to several phone calls. It was the first day for junior contact with colleges, and Mahnke, a center fielder for Free State, had several that were recruiting him heavily. One was none other than Missouri, where Mahnke wound up visiting and ...
Free State football led by seven points at halftime, but let the lead slip late in the third quarter and couldn’t recover, ending its season with a 38-31 loss to Shawnee Mission Northwest on Friday night at Shawnee Mission North’s stadium. “I thought our guys really did a great job,” ...
Free State football (6-3) will have the task of trying to slow down yet another assertive rushing attack as the Firebirds take on Shawnee Mission Northwest in the regional round of the 6A football playoffs. The third-seeded Cougars (6-3) come into the game on a four-game winning streak, having ...
Free State volleyball finishes season at the 6A state tournament in Salina Free State volleyball returned to the 6A state tournament in Salina on Friday, and while the season ended there for the Firebirds, it was a season to celebrate. The Firebirds missed the state tournament in 2024, but ...
