Free State softball went 1-1 in a Sunflower League doubleheader at home on Thursday, defeating Shawnee Mission West 15-0 and then falling 6-2 to Shawnee Mission East in game two of the twinbill. “You’d like to go 2-0; thankfully, you won a game,” head coach Charley Bowen said. “Second ...
With the end of April, spring sports are entering their final month, as some sports are rapidly approaching the end of the season. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Finn Moore, Free State Finn Moore tossed a shutout on Saturday as Free State baseball ...
Fresh off a 4A state championship with Tonganoxie, Brett Delich is off to Owasso, Oklahoma, to take over Owasso High School’s boys wrestling program. Delich is a longtime member of the wrestling community in northeast Kansas, having graduated from Mill Valley before wrestling for Labette ...
Free State girls soccer lost its fifth match in a row in a 4-1 loss to Olathe West at home on Tuesday. “If you don’t play your game, you’re playing somebody else’s,” Free State coach Tyson Heck said. “We’ve been struggling all season, and it’s difficult to watch knowing the ...
Free State senior pitcher Nathan Young tossed his fourth complete game of the season as the Firebirds (15-3) defeated Shawnee Mission Northwest 7-0 in Sunflower League play on Tuesday in Lawrence. “I thought Nathan was terrific,” head coach Mike Hill said. “I sound like a broken record, ...
A smaller-than-usual roster size from Free State on Saturday didn’t keep the Firebirds from having a good meet with personal bests at the Shawnee Mission School District Invitational. Diver Harper Huston qualified for state as she finished with 189.20 points in the diving semifinal on ...