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

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

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Sports

Bowlers form strong bonds and sportsmanship through competition

hala hamid, reporter February 7, 2014

Whether it’s being at tournaments, practicing or going to Chick-fil-A after tournaments, the bowling team’s companionship and togetherness is apparent. “The varsity guys, when they’re up bowling,...

Junior Anthony Hummel, on right, squares off against an opponent during a Midwest High School Hockey League game in 2013. Hummel is one of the four student hockey players the Free Press found.

4 in 1500

kyra haas, online co-editor-in-chief January 30, 2014

Out of the approximately 1,558 Free State students, the Free Press found only four who play hockey. According to The United States of Hockey website, Kansas had only 314 players registered with USA...

Girls’ sports

sarah lieberman, copy editor December 4, 2013

They don’t have stadiums, hundreds of screaming fans or televised events, but they do have state championships.  This season, the girl’s gymnastics and cross country teams each earned first place...

Anatomy of an athlete’s plate

ryan liston, co-online editor in chief November 11, 2013

Volleyball: Team Dinner: At typical volleyball team dinners, the focus is on communication. Off the court, the athletes have more freedom to talk about what they want. “We get to know each other better...

Junior Brandon Wilson chants through his megaphone during a Friday night football game.

Brandon Wilson

Evan Frook, reporter October 22, 2013

Choruses of “L-F-S! L-F-S!” ring out across the football field every Friday night. But amidst the shrill chanting, one voice stands out as two octaves lower than the rest. That voice belongs to junior...

Madison Piper

Madison Piper

rosemary newsome, copy editor October 10, 2013

When freshman Madison Piper says she “looks up to her dad,” you may not know whether she is speaking literally or not. As a forward for the 1988 University of Kansas national championship team, Chris...

Fall Sports Captains

Fall Sports Captains

rosemary newsome, reporter September 30, 2013

As senior Grace Cairns prepares for a high school football game, she concerns herself not with what she looks like, but if her teammates’ outfits correspond and hairstyles match. Heeding these minute...

Newsie tries sport

fiona mcallister, reporter September 19, 2013

Growing up, I always wished I was coordinated enough to play soccer. My sister played soccer, but somewhere along the way, the soccer gene was lost. So when I got the opportunity to practice with the boys’...

Fall Sports Jamboree

Fall Sports Jamboree

kristina foster and nick popiel September 16, 2013

 

Athletes spend their summers on the field and in the gym

hannah reussner, copy editor August 26, 2013

Spending hours under the beating sun with forty-plus teammates, sweating uncontrollably, and trying  to stay healthy occupied many athletes’ schedules this past summer. Depending on the sport, teams...

Hard work yields high rewards

Hard work yields high rewards

morgan noll, reporter August 26, 2013

A hello is a nationally recognized greeting, but anything more than that, between a college coach and a high school player, is defined by the the NCAA as a “contact,” the first step of the chaotic...

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