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The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

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Game of the Week: Girls varsity soccer wins season opener 4-2

Game of the Week: Girls varsity soccer wins season opener 4-2

Jax Egan, Sports Reporter March 30, 2018

“These past three or four weeks of practice we’ve been working on attacking,” senior Sydni Beeley said. “And that’s what we did,” In the first game of the season for the Free State girls...

Varsity basketball falls in heartbreaking State title game

Varsity basketball falls in heartbreaking State title game

Jax Egan, Reporter March 12, 2018

In a rowdy and boisterous arena for the final basketball game of some of their careers, the Firebirds kept fighting until the very end. Free State posed a comeback but eventually fell to the Blue Valley...

Boys varsity advances to State championship in historic 68-57 win

Boys varsity advances to State championship in historic 68-57 win

Jax Egan, Sports Reporter March 10, 2018

Similar to the night before, the Firebirds got off to a slow start in the Class 6A Kansas state semifinals game versus the Topeka Trojans before coming back to win 68-57, advancing to the state championship...

With players and coaches gathered around, boys basketball coach Sam Stroh discusses strategies for the fourth quarter. Simon McCaffrey hit two free throws at the end of the game to help ensure Free State finished with a win.

Firebirds outlast Wichita South 42-39 in first round of State tournament

Jax Egan and Will Davis March 9, 2018

“We needed to move the ball more,” senior Jalan Robinson said. “We started off pretty lazy and slow so we tried to speed it up.” The Firebird basketball team survived Wichita South in the first...

Boys basketball falls 60-57 to Shawnee Mission West

Boys basketball falls 60-57 to Shawnee Mission West

Hayden Robinson, Sports Reporter March 6, 2018

Down by as much as 12 in the fourth quarter, Free State rallied late, but it was not enough as the Firebirds fell to Shawnee Mission West, 60-57, on senior night. The Vikings switched between zone and...

Game of the Week: Firebirds play for Grit in 92-58 win over Olathe West

Game of the Week: Firebirds play for Grit in 92-58 win over Olathe West

Hayden Robinson, Sports Reporter February 16, 2018

Playing on a night devoted to Grit Henderson, the four-month old son of teachers Laura and Nolan Henderson who is battling cancer, the varsity basketball team did their best to honor the Henderson family...

Junior Zach Hill and Alexi Sommerville prepare their arguments before their event at State.

Debate finishes historic season under new leadership

Hayden Robinson, Sports Reporter February 5, 2018

When first-year coach Kelly Thompson took over the Free State Debate team, his goal was to get each debater invested in the demanding process that comes along with debate. He believed that by setting goals...

Holding the ball away from an opponent, junior Sam Lawrence finds a teammate to pass the ball to. Lawrence plans to play basketball in college. "You understand what it's like to be a leader or just being apart of a team," Lawrence said.

Game of the Week: Girls Basketball finishes eighth in home tournament

Hayden, Robinson January 30, 2018

The girls varsity basketball team played their best quarter of the season in their 64-56 loss to Olathe West in the seventh place game of the Firebird Winter Classic on Saturday. The Firebirds went on...

Photo Gallery: Home wrestling meet

Photo Gallery: Home wrestling meet

Emma Pravecek, Photographer January 23, 2018

Shannon Clarke attempts a layup over a LHS defender. Clarke scored 16 points for the firebirds Friday night at the Allen Field House.

Photo Gallery: Basketball City Showdown at Allen

Rylee Roberts, Online Photo Editor December 20, 2017

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