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 ...
For the second year in a row, Tonganoxie’s wrestling team had two individuals secure state titles to end the season. Sophomore Grayson Sonntag won the 120-pound weight class and senior Connor Searcy netted a state crown in the 220-pound weight class at the Class 4A state tournament at ...
Free State’s boys basketball team knew what was at stake in the regular-season finale. Despite the slow start, Free State accomplished what it set out to do from the very beginning of the season: win the Sunflower League title. With a 74-48 victory over Gardner Edgerton on Friday night at ...
It was an ending that couldn’t have been scripted any better for Free State senior Caely Kesten. On a night where she was honored for being the program’s all-time assist leader, Kesten broke her own single-game record for dimes. Kesten dished out 13 assists in a 60-38 win over Gardner ...
Salina — Free State sophomore Madyson Gray made history on Thursday by capturing an individual title at the first official state tournament in girls wrestling. Gray, who won an unofficial state title last year, capped off a perfect 34-0 campaign in her first high school season competing ...
Area athletes competed in the first girls state wrestling tournament on Thursday at Tony's Pizza Events Center in Salina. Photos by Shane Jackson/Lawrence Journal-World
Free State senior Lou Fincher is one first-place finish from finishing the sweep. Fresh off capturing a Sunflower League title and a regional crown, Fincher enters his final state meet looking for more. With a win this weekend in the Class 6A state tournament at Hartman Arena, Fincher could ...
Free State sophomore wrestler Madyson Gray already has an unofficial state title on her resume, but if she wins another championship this year, she'll make history. This is the first season that girls wrestling has been a sanctioned sport by the Kansas State High School Activities ...
Free State coach Sam Stroh yelled for somebody to play some music. Almost immediately after, “Life is Good” by Future and Drake started blasting throughout the locker room. “(Life’s) pretty good right now,” senior forward DK Middleton said. Middleton was named player of the game ...
Free State High School’s girls basketball team couldn’t keep up with a hot-shooting Shawnee Mission West team in a 70-48 loss Tuesday night at FSHS. SM West got off to a fast start with an early 10-4 lead. It was an especially tough night for Free State senior Caely Kesten, who shot 1 ...
Scott Frantz has been quietly preparing for what lies ahead since Kansas State’s football season ended at a bowl game on Dec. 31. It’s a future that could change NFL history. Frantz, an offensive lineman from Lawrence, is gay. His teammates and the Wildcat faithful have known that for ...
Five area wrestlers secured first-place finishes in what was an impressive weekend for regional boys wrestling. A total of 28 area wrestlers earned a trip to their respective state wrestling tournament. Of those 28 wrestlers, 17 performed well enough to finish inside the top three of their ...
Topeka — Standing on top of the podium Saturday, Free State junior Reilley Moore was beaming with pride after winning in the 100 butterfly at the Class 6A state swim and dive championships. “It’s like the best feeling you could ever ask for,” Moore said. “It’s like the biggest kind ...
Lawrence High's boys basketball team defeated Free State Friday night in Allen Fieldhouse. Photos by Nick Krug/Lawrence Journal-World