The fall sports season is heating up and local athletes are shining in both regular season and postseason play. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Claire Cummins, Free State Cummins had a busy week finishing in the top five of two golf tournaments. In ...
After scoring 14 unanswered points to end the first half, Free State football (2-3) couldn’t replicate the same effort in the second half of Friday’s homecoming game, falling to Mill Valley 42-28 for its third straight loss. “We’re close, but we’ve been close all year,” head coach ...
Free State football has had a roller-coaster start to the season. After beginning 2-0, the Firebirds have dropped their last two games ahead of Friday’s homecoming matchup with Mill Valley. Despite the recent skid, head coach Kevin Stewart still has confidence that his team can right the ...
OLATHE — Free State soccer battled back from a two-goal deficit in a wet, rainy match against Olathe West on Wednesday, finishing with a double overtime tie. The prior week was a tough one, with Free State losing 4-0 to Shawnee Mission West and 4-1 to Olathe East, dropping the Firebirds to ...
Free State volleyball senior setter Tessa Nover-Estes is a calming presence. She stays steady at all times, and no matter what is happening on the volleyball court, she is never too high or too low. There are moments, however, where her fiery competitive spirit lets itself loose after a big ...