OLATHE — After going undefeated in the regular season, it only made sense for Lawrence High girls swim and dive coach Kent McDonald to have his team practice winning prior to the Sunflower League meet, which concluded Saturday at Summit Trail Middle School. McDonald had the Lions practice a ...
As soon as the soccer ball touched the back of the net, Lawrence High senior Anna Chieu sprinted toward the student section. Lawrence head coach Matt McCune joked afterward “that it was faster than she ran all game.” The rest of Chieu’s teammates followed her to the fans at the edge of ...
It was a monumental accomplishment for the Firebirds. Free State’s baseball team and the FSHS softball team won a Sunflower League title in the same year for the third time in school history. They previously did it in 2005 and 2006, the only two years the softball squad has won the league. ...
For the second consecutive night, Free State’s baseball team secured an 8-1 win over a Sunflower League foe. FSHS (16-3, No. 1 in Class 6A) scored five runs in the first two innings en route to a comfortable win over Shawnee Mission North at home Thursday night. It was enough for Free State ...
Free State handled Shawnee Mission South in an 8-1 home victory Wednesday night to get back in the win column. The Firebirds (15-3, No. 1 in Class 6A) were coming off a 5-3 loss to Olathe East last week, which snapped a 14-game win streak. Free State recorded nine hits as a team, holding ...
For a brief moment during Free State’s 13-0, five-inning victory over Lawrence High on Wednesday afternoon at FSHS, Free State coach Lee Ice thought about pulling pitcher Tatum Clopton. “You can’t ruin a perfect game like that,” Ice said. Instead, Clopton, who had retired 12 batters ...
Another City Showdown has been postponed due to inclement weather. One day after Tuesday’s softball matchup between Lawrence High and Free State was pushed back one day, LHS announced that the soccer game originally scheduled for Tuesday was also going to be postponed. FSHS and Lawrence will ...
Free State junior Mitchell Spriggs knew it was going to be a good day when he recorded a chip-in from approximately 50 yards out on the sixth hole. Spriggs also birdied on the first hole, as he found a way to post the best performance of his career in chilly temperatures Monday afternoon at ...
At the end of Kansas’ next high school wrestling season, there will — for the first time — be an officially sanctioned state tournament for girls only. The Kansas State High School Activities Association board on Friday voted 63 to 2 to support adding the sport, KSHSAA executive director ...
Free State’s boys golf team came home with a runner-up finish this past week. The Firebirds scored 328 to place second behind Chris Prep Academy, which scored 316 as a squad. Lawrence came in eighth out of 10 teams after scoring 430 at the Leavenworth Country Club during a meet on ...
A school record went down, as the Lawrence High girls track and field team secured a victory at the Bob Camien-Claudia Welch Invitational Friday night at Seaman High School. Senior Josie Hickerson cleared 12-foot-0 to win the pole vault competition and set a school record. Hickerson claim one ...
When asked what Emma Yackley means to the Free State girls soccer program, head coach Kelly Barah said that there wasn’t enough time to give an appropriate answer. It makes sense, too. The Free State senior has been one of the most-talented players on the team ever since she joined the ...
Going on a streak in a sport like baseball is no easy task. That’s why it is important to acknowledge what the Lawrence High baseball is doing team right now and what Free State’s baseball team just did. The Lions have won eight games in a row, and haven’t lost since April 4. FSHS, ...
The Lions have done it again. Lawrence’s baseball team scored three runs in the fifth to erase an early deficit en route to a 3-1 win over Shawnee Mission West Thursday night at LHS. Lawrence (11-4, 6-3 Sunflower League) has now won eight games in a row, and hasn’t lost since April ...
It takes a nice blend of luck and skill to go on a streak like Free State’s baseball team has. FSHS extended its win streak to 14 games with a late comeback to secure a 2-1 win over Olathe West Wednesday night at the College Boulevard Activity Center. The game was originally scheduled for ...
OLATHE – After a city series defeat, Kanak Masten and Cooper Wright of Lawrence High found themselves in a rematch with Free State’s No. 1 doubles pair of Davis Steadman and Trey Melvin. Masten and Wright advanced to the semifinals with an 8-6 win, but fell in their next two matches to ...
Make that seven games in a row now. Lawrence’s baseball team extended its win streak to seven consecutive games with a 5-2 victory over Olathe South Tuesday night at LHS. The recipe for win No. 7 was just like the six games before it, too. The Lions, who have practically perfected the art ...
Free State sophomore Tatum Clopton didn’t expect the ball to go over the fence. With two strikes in the bottom of the fifth, Clopton unleashed a swing on an outside pitch. She initially thought it was going to result in a pop-up. Instead, Clopton actually clobbered it over the left-center ...
It was a busy and successful week for local athletes between Kansas Relays and the River City Festival. Free State senior Ethan Bradford spun a no-hitter, while both FSHS and Lawrence High baseball teams went undefeated this weekend to extend win streaks. In addition, two different school ...
