GARDNER — Free State volleyball got a taste of the 2026 season in Gardner on Tuesday with a four-team jamboree. The Firebirds faced Gardner Edgerton, Shawnee Mission East and Olathe East and won sets in all three matches. The scores don’t count toward any records, so the matches provided ...
Joel Grillot has been an assistant coach for every Free State volleyball coach, including the last seven years with coach Jayme Savage. So when the position became available after Savage stepped down to become an assistant principal, Grillot was ready for the opportunity. “Whatever ...
Nolan Deitrich has been asked often over the summer by the Free State baseball team if he was going to be the one taking over the program. “I got to see almost everybody four times a week, and then our freshman group I got to see them almost every day this whole summer,” Deitrich said. ...
Owen Lester has spent the summer playing baseball across multiple states with his club team, competing in tournaments that get exposure to college programs. After a tournament in Atlanta, Lester and the coaching staff at East Carolina University got in touch, and within a few weeks, Lester was ...
Free State swimmer Ella Marsh finished her first year as the Sunflower League champion, 6A state champion and now a National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association All-American. Marsh earned an All-American consideration time at the Sunflower League meet, in which she finished the 200-yard ...
Former Free State pitcher Zac Thornton has thrown 21 1/3 innings since being called up to the New York Mets in May, and over the last 18 innings, nobody has scored a run against him. On Tuesday, the former Firebird earned his first MLB win by pitching six scoreless innings in a 4-0 win over ...