In singles tennis, mental composure is one of the most difficult parts of the game. You’re out on the court by yourself with no one to lean on or get you out of your own head. So when Eli Ward is on the court, she tries to keep it simple. “I let myself have fun with it,” Ward said. ...
Free State junior setter Tessa Nover-Estes looks around the court to make sure she knows who is where before each serve. For most of her playing career, she’s had Anniston Clark next to her. “I always know where she is,” Nover-Estes said. “I know exactly where to put the ball for her. ...
Olathe — Free State’s Greysen Rawls didn’t know what to think as he saw the ball trickle off an opposing player. The senior defensive back quickly scooped up the ball and raced away for the Firebirds’ first score of the game, helping forge the path to Free State’s 35-21 victory over ...
Free State finished fourth in the Sunflower League tennis tournament at the College Boulevard Activity Center in Olathe on Thursday, but the Firebirds' Eli Ward won the tournament’s singles bracket. The Firebirds scored 49 points and placed fourth behind Olathe Northwest, Shawnee Mission ...
Free State’s volleyball team took a moment to compose themselves after losing the second set of Thursday’s City Showdown against Lawrence. “We got ahead of ourselves,” junior middle blocker Anniston Clark said. “We came in confident and we let it slip away, but what we said in the ...