Former Bishop Seabury standout Zach Bloch finally knows where he will be playing collegiate basketball. Bloch, who last played for the Seahawks as a junior during the 2019-20 season, announced his verbal commitment to the University of Northern Colorado. Bloch posted a statement via his ...
Free State's baseball and softball teams both won home games against Shawnee Mission North Thursday night at FSHS on April 1, 2021. Photos by Chance Parker/Lawrence Journal-World
Behind a six-run effort in the bottom of the second, Free State’s baseball team earned a 9-4 home win over Shawnee Mission North Thursday night. The Firebirds improved to 4-2 (1-1 in Sunflower League play). The big second-inning showing started with a leadoff walk to Brady Kern and a ...
Free State softball star Tatum Clopton could count on her fingers how many pitches it took her to strike out all three of Shawnee Mission North’s batters in the top of the third inning on Thursday: nine. And in fact, she did count them on her fingers on the walk back to the dugout, holding ...
Despite not playing in 2020 due to the pandemic, Free State’s softball team picked up where it left off by earning a 10-2 road win over Olathe Northwest in the season opener Tuesday. The Firebirds, who are coming off back-to-back state titles, didn’t score in the top of the first before ...
Free State’s baseball team, which won a league title two years ago, began Sunflower League play with a 9-3 road loss to Shawnee Mission West on Tuesday night. The Firebirds committed four errors, and they gave up at least one run in every inning but one. Shawnee Mission West scored two runs ...
Player of the year: Shannon Clarke, Free State Clarke came through with a standout senior season with the Firebirds. Despite being face-guarded frequently, she produced an average of 13.9 points per game. She also averaged 5.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists. The 6-foot wing was a disruptive defender ...
Player of the year: Zeke Mayo, Lawrence High Just like last year, Mayo dominated Lawrence’s high school hoops scene. He averaged 21.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.9 steals per contest this year, was named the Sunflower League Player of the Year and ended his high school career ...
Co-wrestlers of the year: Trey Medina, Lawrence, and Cael Lynch, Eudora Medina was sensational during his senior season on the mat, and he didn’t lose a single match until the state championship bout of the 145-pound weight class. His runner-up finish and 19-1 overall record were proof of ...
Wrestler of the year: Madyson Gray, Free State Girls wrestling has only been a sanctioned sport in Kansas high schools for two years, and Gray has dominated in both of them. The FSHS junior earned her second straight state title this season and won all 17 of her matches against female ...
Lawrence High’s girls soccer team secured a 3-2 road win over Topeka High during the season opener on Friday. In what was an up-and-down game early on, LHS grabbed a 2-1 lead in the first half because of a goal from Avery Kingery and a left-footed score by captain I'yawah Brewer. Kingery ...
Free State's baseball team earned a 5-3 win over Brandon Valley during a doubleheader sweep on Friday at FSHS on March 26, 2021. The Firebirds are now 3-1 on the year entering their Sunflower League opener. Photos by Carter Gaskins/Lawrence Journal-World
Thanks to a four-run rally in the sixth, Free State’s baseball team was able to close out a doubleheader sweep with a 6-4 win over Sioux Falls Roosevelt on Friday at FSHS. It came after the Firebirds recorded a 5-3 win over Brandon Valley earlier in the day. With the sweep, Free State has ...
For the second year in a row, Bishop Seabury’s boys basketball team will have a new coach at the helm. Jamelle Blunt, who served as the head coach during the 2020-21 season, has left the program to take a teaching job in the Kansas City area, Bishop Seabury announced in an email. He had ...
Free State’s baseball team bounced back from a season-opening loss just one day later, with a 5-2 win over Sioux Falls Lincoln Saturday morning at Free State. The Firebirds are now 1-1 on the year after falling to Sioux Falls Washington on Friday. Similar to Game 1, FSHS jumped out in front ...
A loss in the season opener is never the end of the world, and that was especially true of the Lawrence High baseball team’s 7-3 loss to Sioux Falls Lincoln on Friday, because the Lions hadn’t played since 2019. After a game in which LHS gave up three runs in the sixth inning, a few ...
Lawrence High and Free State girls swim and dive teams competed in a triangular at FSHS on Wednesday March 17, 2021. It marked the first spring sports event since May of 2019, when the three-day state track meet had concluded. The Firebirds won the 2021 opener. Photos by Shane Jackson/Lawrence ...
Free State’s girls swim and dive team was victorious in its home triangular on Wednesday, but the real prize wasn’t a first-place finish — it was getting in the pool in the first place. Last year, local swim teams and other spring sports athletes didn’t have that chance. The COVID-19 ...
The spring sports season is finally here after an unusually long absence. Due to the 2020 season being canceled because of COVID-19, there has not been a spring sports event involving an area team since the state track meet concluded on May 26, 2019. It means that Free State’s home swim ...
Lawrence High's boys basketball team swept the top honors on the All-Sunflower League basketball selections, which were announced on Sunday. Senior guard Zeke Mayo was named the boys basketball player of the year, while Lawrence's Mike Lewis garnered a coach of the year selection. It was a ...