Basketball Recap: Washburn Rural Skates Past Lawrence Free State with Ease
By Team Reports
Jan 31, 2025, 12:13am
Basketball Recap: Washburn Rural Blues vs. Lawrence Free State Firebirds

Blues
01/30/25 @ Lawrence Free State | 76 |
12/17/24 vs Shawnee Mission Northwest | 59 |
12/14/24 @ De Soto | 56 |
01/20/25 @ Olathe North | 52 |
12/10/24 vs Liberty | 45 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Washburn Rural). They blew past the Lawrence Free State Firebirds 76-25 on Thursday. Given the Blues' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 51st, while the Firebirds are ranked 268th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Washburn Rural now has a winning record of 4-3-1. As for Lawrence Free State, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
Washburn Rural has already played their next game, a 0-0 draw against Lawrence on the 31st. As for Lawrence Free State, they will welcome Olathe Northwest on Tuesday.
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