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Free Press Online

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

Free Press Online

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

Free Press Online

PHOTO GALLERY: Free State vs. LHS Basketball Game

PHOTO GALLERY: Free State vs. LHS Basketball Game

Addison Driscoll and Ember Klein February 26, 2022

Update: boys' basketball won 59-47 girls' basketball lost 20-59 With the all-time record being even, the stakes are up for this year’s basketball City Showdown. Twenty-one wins for both teams,...

Photo Gallery: LHS vs. FSHS Boys Basketball

Elana Ho, Photographer February 25, 2020

Basketball Pep Rally

Basketball Pep Rally

Sabrina Castle, Editor-in-Chief February 4, 2019

Photo Gallery: Soccer City Showdown

Photo Gallery: Soccer City Showdown

Rylee Roberts, Photo Editor October 2, 2017

Fighting for the ball, senior Darik Dudley strives to overcome his opponent.

Physicality defines rivalry soccer game against LHS

Evan Cornell, Designer October 1, 2017

The boys soccer team had high hopes going into the crosstown rivalry game against Lawrence High. They quickly went up 1-0 with a goal from Charlie Newsome, who had trouble describing the feeling it gave...

Free State, LHS Editors in Chief discuss joint newspaper issue

Kyra Haas and Zia Kelly January 30, 2015

On a sticky July afternoon at the Media Now Journalism camp in St. Louis, we sat across the lunch table from our publication advisers, ate mediocre pasta and talked about newspaper. Out of that conversation...

Board of education addresses recent high school vandalism

Kenneth Palmer, Reporter September 23, 2014

On Monday, Sept. 22, the Lawrence Public Schools’ Board of Education commented on the racially-inspired vandalism that occurred as a result of the rivalry between Lawrence Free State High School and...

Champion Artists of Free State Peyton Townsend and Preston Nye

trenna soderling, reporter August 30, 2014

This month, two students were selected as Champion Artists of Free State. Given to two Lawrence High (LHS) and two Free State artists, the Champion Artist Award recognizes outstanding artists at a gathering...

Free State faces crosstown rival LHS; unites for common cause

ryan liston, co-online editor in chief March 1, 2014

Scoring 12 unanswered points to start off the game, the Free State girls basketball team beat cross-town rival Lawrence High School 60-51 Friday, Feb. 28. The Firebirds led by around 10 points most of...

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