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

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Sports

Junior Justin Narcomey talks basketball try-outs

hannah moran, Editor-in-Chief • December 5, 2013

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...

Batter Up

Batter Up

ryan liston, reporter • April 30, 2013

Eleven straight wins is always better than six straight losses. This season, the baseball team started off with an 11-game winning streak--a significant improvement from last year’s six-game losing...

Taking Flight: Lady Firebirds Soar Above Competition

Jake Stegall, Reporter • February 28, 2013

  In the middle of a game during the three day long Winter Classic, senior A’liyah Rogers stood up from the bench, lowered her shorts, and casually removed the ACE bandage that had been...

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