The Free State and Lawrence girls basketball programs are heading into the 2026-27 season with young rosters once again, but both teams are taking advantage of the summer to grow together. Lawrence girls basketball succeeded last season in large part due to the team’s passing and ball ...
Jayme Savage has been around Free State since she was 13 and has spent 18 years with the school’s volleyball program, first as an assistant for nine years and the last seven as head coach. But with Savage taking over Free State’s open assistant principal position, Savage is stepping away ...
The Journal-World All-Area teams are carefully selected by the Journal-World sports staff. Coach of the Year: Chuck Law, Free State Free State finished 12th in the 6A state golf tournament and qualified six golfers for the state tournament, two of which made it to the second day and placed in ...
When Maddon Brittingham is on the football field, he’s running through someone. It doesn’t matter if the Free State senior is at wide receiver, safety or running back — the latter being the position he’s found a home in — he’s a physical player who likes to punish defenses over and ...
The Journal-World All-Area teams are carefully selected by the Journal-World sports staff. Coach of the Year: Aaron Clark, Free State For the first time in school history, the Free State boys tennis team finished second in the 6A state tournament after the team’s two singles players placed ...
The Journal-World All-Area teams are carefully selected by the Journal-World sports staff. Coach of the Year: Joe Comparato, Lawrence The Lawrence girls soccer team set a school record in wins with 11 while reaching the team’s first-ever regional championship. The Lions finished seventh ...