Saturday's state swimming championship is the end of the road for longtime Lawrence area swim coaches Annette and Kent McDonald. Over 30 years of coaching experience will be on display when the Free State and Lawrence High swim and dive teams hit the water in Topeka. Annette, serving as Free ...
In a game that was forced into extras, the No. 10-seeded Free State softball team rode a three-run bomb by junior Cydnee Price to knock off No. 2-seeded Garden City 5-2 in the regional championship on Thursday. The Lady Firebirds (10-12) walked into the title game easily after a convincing ...
It only took six innings for Free State to punch its ticket to the state baseball tournament, besting crosstown rival Lawrence High 13-3 in the Class 6A regional baseball championship on Wednesday night. Free State junior Kyle Graves and LHS junior Brooks Jones had a true battle on the mound, ...
The Free State girls soccer team tested top-seeded Garden City through three overtimes in a 3-2 loss in the Class 6A regional semifinal match on Tuesday night. Winning at LHS the night before, the Lady Firebirds turned around and drove five hours to Garden City for the 6 p.m. playoff match with ...
More than just bragging rights were on the line when the Free State and Lawrence High girls soccer teams met again on Monday night for the Class 6A regional play-in match. Free State, rolling past LHS 2-0 in vengeful fashion, punched its ticket to play No. 1-seeded Garden City in the regional ...
The Free State and Lawrence High tennis teams finished fifth and 12th, respectively, at the state tennis championships on Saturday at Kossover Tennis Center in Topeka. With 24 total Class 6A schools in attendance, Free State muscled out seventh-place finishes by senior Britton Snyder in ...