The Free State girls and boys basketball teams returned to their home court on Friday night, but were both defeated by Olathe West in a Sunflower League doubleheader. The Free State girls basketball team found itself in a close game at halftime before a sluggish second half on the offensive ...
Winter sports are beginning to hit the postseason as the calendar turns to February. Some local athletes are helping lead their teams to important wins and others are gearing up for league tournaments in several sports. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the ...
Free State boys wrestling lost its home dual against Mill Valley on Wednesday 38-34 in Free State’s final dual ahead of the Sunflower League tournament on Saturday. The Firebirds struggled with mounting injuries and illnesses hitting the team late in the season, as well as a couple losses ...
EMPORIA – Free State girls basketball suffered a lackluster offensive performance on the final day of the Glacier’s Edge Tournament, falling to Blue Valley 49-33 in the fifth-place game on Saturday at Emporia High School. Free State head coach Summer Frantz said she was proud of her team ...
With January almost over, the winter sports season is entering its final full month, and teams and athletes are preparing for postseason competition and peaking at the right time. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Addie Fulscher, Free State Fulscher ...
Tatum Clopton's story is one of perseverance, courage, rebirth and the triumph of the human spirit. Now a fifth-year senior in college, the former Free State High School pitching phenom fought through shoulder surgeries that could have ended her career and endured nearly three years between ...