The Free State girls basketball team opened its 2024-25 campaign with a convincing 62-46 win over the Atchison Phoenix on Friday night at Free State. The Firebirds (1-0) led from start to finish, using a 22-6 first-quarter advantage to create separation throughout the final three ...
Local area athletes earned recognition for their fall sports seasons with all-state and all-conference teams, while others signed with colleges to continue their athletic careers. Here are this week's Journal-World Athletes of the Week selections: Yusef Iskandrani, Free State High ...
Football has always been part of the lives of Free State wide receiver Landon Leipold and his family. As the son of Kansas head coach Lance Leipold, Landon always spent time around his dad’s teams with the dream of being like them. That dream is coming to fruition. Leipold committed to the ...
Headline: Second half burst ends Free State’s season in 49-14 loss at Blue Valley Northwest Overland Park — Friday night’s game between Free State and Blue Valley Northwest was closely contested through the first half, but a burst in the third quarter by the Huskies put an end to the ...
Free State football opened its quest for a state championship at home last week with a 23-point win over Olathe West, but the fifth-seeded Firebirds will likely be on the road for the remainder of the playoffs, and that starts on Friday as they head to fourth-seeded Blue Valley Northwest. Both ...
A new round of postseason games have come, and with that, cross-country has finished its 2024 season. Here are the Journal-World's Athletes of the Week: Irelyn Kennedy, Baldwin High School Irelyn Kennedy competed in the 4A cross-country state meet in Wamego and placed second overall with a ...