Free State swimmer Ella Marsh finished her first year as the Sunflower League champion, 6A state champion and now a National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association All-American. Marsh earned an All-American consideration time at the Sunflower League meet, in which she finished the 200-yard ...
Former Free State pitcher Zac Thornton has thrown 21 1/3 innings since being called up to the New York Mets in May, and over the last 18 innings, nobody has scored a run against him. On Tuesday, the former Firebird earned his first MLB win by pitching six scoreless innings in a 4-0 win over ...
Free State senior Sarai Preston’s first love was softball, but it wasn’t her last. Preston grew up in a sporting house, and that included throwing around the football. Playing flag football was a small consideration before she got to high school with other clubs, but it didn’t work ...
Amid the music, whistles, celebrations and, eventually, a slip-n-slide, Free State’s flag and tackle football teams spent four days this week as ambassadors for football. Free State held a flag football camp from Monday to Thursday that consisted of hour-and-a-half sessions for two youth age ...
Lawrence rising senior Hudson Hardesty knew that Kansas had the potential to win it all when the team upset Texas 6-3 on the second day of the High School Baseball National Championship Series. Kansas — which included Hardesty and two rising seniors from Free State, Ryker Mahnke and Owen ...
Anniston Clark is a competitor. It shows on her face after a kill: there’s usually a stare down involved before she joins her team to celebrate the point. Clark’s competitive spirit has pushed her in volleyball throughout her life, helping her secure a scholarship to play volleyball at ...