Free State football (1-1) will look to bounce back from its first loss of the season, going on the road for the first time Friday night to take on Shawnee Mission West (1-1). The Firebirds have undergone a “roller-coaster start,” in the words of head coach Kevin Stewart, after a pair of ...

Another week of the fall high school sports season brought dominating performances and comeback heroics from local athletes. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Claire Heinritz, Free State Heinritz finished second in the Chesty Lion Shootout girls golf ...

Cara Jeffries went to a women’s soccer ID camp at Missouri State this past summer, which featured over 20 different colleges from around the area, including Missouri Western State. After the camp, Jeffries wanted to talk with Missouri Western State’s coaches, and the coaches wanted to ...

Olathe — Free State volleyball went 2-3 in a tournament against Blue Valley North, Blue Valley Northwest, Lee’s Summit, Mill Valley and Olathe South. Free State coach Jayme Savage said that tournaments are for the team working through issues, and that duals are for solidifying lineups. In ...

In a battle of the top teams in class 6A, Free State (1-1) struggled in all facets of the game on Friday night in Lawrence, falling to Manhattan (2-0), 47-7. “Truthfully, we were pretty much outclassed and outmatched in every part of the game,” head coach Kevin Stewart said. “As prepared ...

Nathan Young planned on going the junior-college route to continue his baseball career. Coming from Free State, where winning is the expectation, Young wanted to go to a program he considered a winner. After visiting Barton, Butler and Cloud County, Young landed on Barton and announced his ...