Inside the New Athletic Buildings
November 4, 2009
A glass door opens into a freshly painted hallway lined with photos of some of Free State's greatest athletes. Had I not known that I was in a high school, I might have assumed I was walking through the building of a great college team. Large windows that look out onto the Firebird field and a film r...
Sports Fields Update
miranda davis and allison harwood
September 2, 2009
It's crunch time down on the fields. No, it's not the running back sprinting for the next touchdown, or a goal at the last second to win the game. As the fall sports seasons draw near, the rush is on to make sure the new fields are ready on time. Then, weeks before the '09-10 school year started an a...
Getting Down and Dirty
Taylor St. John, reporter
June 11, 2009
For many students mud volleyball is a perfect excuse to get a little dirty. For many, but not for some Firebird athletes. Every year this muddy sport rolls around and each coach hopes and prays the same thing: “please don’t let my players get hurt.” Instead of agonizing over whether or not their...
Isabel Janssen, Photographer
May 17, 2019
Isis Norris, Photographer
May 16, 2019
Baya Burgess, Photographer
May 13, 2019
‘Just treading water, dude’: Baseball ready to prove they deserve no. 1 ranking
May 16, 2019
At the Free State baseball alumni game earlier this season, former Sunflower League MVP Ryne Price brought one message to the Firebirds baseball team that...
Firebirds suffer season-ending loss in State basketball tournament
March 9, 2019
While maybe not as easily as in previous seasons, for the third consecutive year Coach Sam Stroh took his Firebirds to the state tournament, this time...