There will not be a spring sports season in 2020. Due to the threat of coronavirus, KSHSAA announced on Wednesday that all spring championships, competitions and festivals for the remainder of this school year were canceled. The announcement came one day after Gov. Laura Kelly closed Kansas’ ...
There will not be spring sports for at least one week. On Sunday, KSHSAA announced that all spring sports and activities are suspended through March 22 due to the threat of coronavirus. It includes cancelation of all practices and events during the opening week of the spring sports ...
A pair of city bowlers made the All-Sunflower League second team to highlight the postseason accolades for bowling this year. Free State senior Porter Neidow made the second team in the boys division, while Lawrence High senior Emilie Rodman received a second-team selection on the girls side. ...
A pair of city standouts made the first team to highlight the All-Sunflower League accolades for the 2019-20 season. Lawrence High junior Zeke Mayo and Free State senior DK Middleton were both named to the first on the All-Sunflower League boys squad. Both players helped their respective teams ...
At the moment, it would appear that the high school spring sports season is still on schedule. On Friday, KSHSAA released a statement regarding the status of spring sports. Despite the threat of coronavirus that led to canceling the state basketball tournament this weekend, the spring sports ...
Free State and Lawrence High competed in the opening round of the Class 6A state tournament on Thursday at Wichita State University. Photos by Shane Jackson/Lawrence Journal-World
WICHITA — There will be no state champion in high school basketball this season at any level. Late Thursday night, during the final games of the opening round of the state tournament, KSHSAA canceled the state tourney at all six sites due to threat of coronavirus. No division — boys or ...
Wichita — The result might not have been what Free State’s boys basketball team wanted, but sometimes it is bigger than what takes place on the hardwood. Free State had every chance to knock off three-time state champion Blue Valley Northwest during the opening round of the Class 6A state ...
Updated story - Kansas high school basketball tournament canceled after completing quarterfinal round High school state basketball tournaments are taking place and will allow spectators despite the growing concern over the new coronavirus, organizers of the tournament announced ...
With plenty of state tournament veterans and senior leaders on its roster, Free State is looking to make an impact in its fourth straight trip to state. But in order to pull off a deep run, the sixth-seeded Firebirds will have to get past a team that stonewalled them in their last two trips: ...
Five area teams are headed to their respective state tournament during the final week of the winter sports season. All five squads actually entered the year with the expectation of playing in the final event of the season after qualifying for the state tourney a year ago. Lawrence High’s ...
Free State's boys basketball team defeated Topeka High in the sub-state championship game at FSHS on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Photos by Carter Gaskins/Lawrence Journal-World
Free State sophomore Mozae Downing-Rivers was trapped at midcourt, desperately searching for a teammate. He quickly found senior guard Olin Yoder who snatched the pass and stepped — or rather jumped — into a 3-pointer. Yoder’s huge triple with just over two minutes to play — the first ...
In Saturday's sub-state title matchup, Lawrence High’s boys basketball team faces Wichita Southeast — the team that ended LHS’ season in the opening round of the state tourney a year ago. And the third-seeded Lions (17-4, No. 4 in Class 6A) are looking forward to the chance to get ...
For the second season in a row, Free State’s varsity boys bowling team came away with a sixth-place finish at the state meet. The Firebirds posted a team score of 3,421 to place sixth out nine teams at the Class 6A state tournament Thursday afternoon at Northrock Lanes in Wichita. Olathe ...
Free State’s boys basketball team overcame a mid-game slump to earn a 68-56 win over No. 12 seed Junction City in the Class 6A sub-state semifinals on Wednesday. Playing on their home court, the 4th-seeded Firebirds saw a 15-point first-quarter lead turn into a one-point halftime deficit. ...
In their journey to the state tournament this season, Free State’s boys bowlers have consistently stepped up for one another, and senior Joey Taylor knows that as well as anyone. Because of a schedule conflict with the state choir, Taylor wasn’t able to help out his friends in the regional ...
Topeka — Despite a strong start from beyond the arc and a late push, Free State came up short in the second half as the Firebirds fell to Washburn Rural 66-57 in the sub-state semifinals Tuesday. The Firebirds finish the season 8-13 in head coach Nick Wood’s first season at the ...
Moments before what could be the final practice of her illustrious high school basketball career, Caely Kesten swept the basketball floor with a push broom. It is a job she has fully embraced during her final season with the Free State girls basketball team. Nobody would blame Kesten if she ...
This week is the start of the postseason for all area basketball teams, and area basketball squads are hoping to end the year with a trip to their respective state basketball tournaments. Fresh off sharing the Sunflower League title, Free State and Lawrence High have a strong shot of doing ...