The Journal-World All-Area teams are carefully selected by the Journal-World sports staff. Coach of the Year: Matt McCune, Baldwin The Baldwin Bulldogs had their best record in school history while winning the Frontier League for the second-straight year. The Bulldogs finished third in the ...
Prairie Village — The Free State boys basketball team got off to a slow start that led to a cold shooting performance throughout a 54-31 loss at Shawnee Mission East against the host Lancers in the fifth-place game of the Championship Showdown on Friday night. On the evening, the Firebirds ...
When Free State safety Noah Rupp visited the University of Nebraska - Kearney, the Division II football program felt like home, which was everything he was looking for. While Rupp spent the summer visiting and talking to several colleges, the connection he built with the UNK staff was above ...
The winter sports season has started and local athletes have already made their impact felt for their respective teams. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Addie Fulscher, Free State Fulscher and the Free State Firebirds won their season opener 62-46 over ...
Prairie Village — Down 10 points early in the game and nine points in the second half, the Free State boys basketball team stormed back multiple times, but couldn’t hold on, falling in its opener to Blue Valley North, 51-45, on Tuesday at Shawnee Mission East High School. “I thought that ...
Lawrence will send two high school football players to Division I teams this year. Lawrence High School quarterback Banks Bowen signed with the University of Tulsa, and Free State linebacker Parker Moore signed with the University of Wyoming. Both players committed to their respective schools ...