When Free State’s volleyball team won a substate title and a state tournament berth on Saturday, senior Jani McAlister-Harms wasn’t shy about how much the game meant to her — in fact, she cheered so loudly for her teammates that she lost her voice. She had good reasons to be excited ...
For the third year in a row, Free State’s boys cross-country secured a regional crown. The Firebirds had five runners finish inside the top-14 on their way to a first-place finish at the Class 6A regional meet on Saturday at Frontier Trail Middle School. Free State scored 38 points as a ...
Free State’s volleyball team is headed to the Class 6A state tournament for the second year in a row. It wasn’t always easy, but the Firebirds found a way to make the necessary plays to win a substate title at Olathe West High School on Saturday. Free State earned a two-set win (25-18, ...
Lawrence High defeated Free State, 49-20, Friday night at FSHS. It marked the Lions' first win in the City Showdown since 2015. Photos by Nick Krug/Lawrence Journal-World
Even against crosstown rival Free State, it was business as usual for the Lawrence High football team on Friday night. After a somewhat shaky start, the Lions found their rhythm and cruised to a 49-20 win over the Firebirds at FSHS. “They shook (the nerves) off after the first drive,” LHS ...
Lawrence High head coach Steve Rampy still shoulders the blame for last year’s 31-30 home loss to Free State in the regular-season finale. Rampy didn’t surrender a kickoff return for a touchdown to start the third quarter, and he certainly wasn’t responsible for two costly second-half ...
Baldwin senior Grady McCune set another record this week to add to a long list of achievements throughout his soccer career. McCune recorded all five assists in Baldwin’s 5-1 win over Midland Academy Monday night at BHS. Not only was McCune responsible for every score in that win, but it set ...
Free State’s girls golf team ended on a strong note to finish in a tie for fourth place at the Class 6A state golf tournament on Tuesday at Hesston Golf Course. All but one of Free State’s golfers posted a better score in the second round compared to what they did during the opening round ...
Free State’s boys cross-country team won the Sunflower League meet in convincing fashion Saturday night at the Olathe District Activity Center. In a twilight meet that started at 7 p.m., the Firebirds were dominant in the varsity boys competition. Five FSHS runners finished inside the top ...
Lawrence High remained undefeated on the year with a 21-20 win over Olathe North Friday night at LHS on Oct. 16, 2020. Photos by Chance Parker/Lawrence Journal-World
Free State senior Claire Covert was determined to get back to the state tournament for a third and final time in 2020. As the only senior on the varsity squad, Covert helped lead the way for the FSHS girls golf team at the regional meet. Covert was one of four individuals to finish inside the ...
Lawrence High head coach Steve Rampy wasn’t surprised in the least to see who made the game-clinching stop on a two-point conversion in the team’s 21-20 victory over Olathe North Friday night at LHS. Senior linebacker Cole Mondi came through when his team needed him the most, making the ...
Lawrence High’s offensive line should have no shortage of confidence ahead of the final two games of the regular season before a likely deep postseason run. Last time out, the five players in the trenches for the LHS offense rose to the challenge in its toughest test yet. Lawrence’s o-line ...
Free State senior Keegan VanPelt will end a sensational high school tennis career this weekend at the Class 6A state tournament. The two-day event, which is slated to take place at the College Boulevard Activity Center, will begin Friday and end Saturday. VanPelt, who is coming off a ...
For the third year in a row, Free State’s entire varsity girls golf team will be competing in the state tournament. The Firebirds finished as a runner-up in their 6A regional meet Monday afternoon at Prairie Highlands Golf Course in Olathe. FSHS shot 355 as a team, finishing just five ...
Free State senior Keegan VanPelt will be heading back to the state girls tennis tournament. VanPelt finished fourth in singles play Saturday afternoon at the 6A regional meet at Gardner-Edgerton. VanPelt, who took fourth at the state meet a year ago, was the lone local player to punch her ...
Perry-Lecomton’s perfect record was never threatened Friday night when the team cruised to a 58-6 victory over Osawatomie. The Kaws (6-0, No. 2 in Class 3A) jumped out to a 30-0 advantage in the opening period, and they were in complete control after that. PLHS added 21 points in the second ...
Lawrence High football defeated St. Thomas Aquinas Friday night on the road on Oct. 9, 2020. It marked the Saints' first home loss since 2017, as the Lions improved to 5-0 on the year. Photos by Carter Gaskins/Lawrence Journal-World
Baldwin — Free State’s top cross-country runners wasted little time after finishing the boys race, in which all five athletes ended up inside the top five as individuals on Saturday at the Baldwin Golf Course. Junior Ben Shryock, senior Christopher Stone, senior Ethan Sharp, junior Jack ...
Overland Park — Devin Neal of Lawrence High and Tyron “Tank” Young of St. Thomas Aquinas traded impressive runs all night on Friday in a game that was billed as a battle between two of the top running backs in the state — and that lived up to the hype. But it was Neal and the Lions who ...