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Wesley Cupps, the free state senior, celebrates the third base with assistant coach Nolan Deitrich in the course of the recreation of Firebirds state event in opposition to Washburn Rural, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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The free state baseball group is leaving the sector after having a victory in opposition to the agricultural Washburn within the state tour, on Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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State-free group colleagues, Ryker Mahnke Excessive-Fives, after Firebirds dropped Rural Washburn on Thursday, Could 29, 2025 at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Owen Lester from Free State (left) and Cole Wright have fun within the area, after Firebirds defeated Washburn rural within the match of the State Match on Thursday, Could 29, 2025 on the Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Finn Moore (entrance) from Free State and Wesley Cupps have fun Infield after defeating Rural Washburn of their state event match on Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Ryker Mahnke, Free State Heart, follows a pop butterfly for Firebirds State Match in opposition to Washburn Rural, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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The free state pitcher, Ben Graves, appears to obtain indicators from his seize in the course of the recreation of Firebirds state event in opposition to Washburn Rural, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, on the Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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State free shortstop, Charlie Peters, is attempting to make a sliding cease in the course of the Firebirds State Match in opposition to Washburn Rural, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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The free state pitcher, Ben Graves, is working via his transfer to ship a land to a Washburn rural batter in the course of the Firebirds State Match at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Wesley Cupps from Free State (left) grabs his gear from teammate Charlie Peters, after being left on the base of the Firebirds State Match in opposition to Washburn Rural, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Owen Lester, a free state sophomore, takes over the management of the Firebirds State Match in opposition to Washburn Rural, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Wesley Cupps, the free state senior, returns to exit the battery field in the course of the Firebirds State Match in opposition to Rural Washburn, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Free state sophomore, Owen Lester, swings on a Washburn rural area in the course of the recreation of Firebirds State Match at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Thursday, Could 29, 2025.

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Charlie Peters, the senior of free state, sends a rural land on the sector in the course of the recreation of Firebirds State Match at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Thursday, Could 29, 2025.

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Ben Graves Free State, Ben Graves, is first to report an exit in the course of the recreation of Firebirds State Match at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Thursday, Could 29, 2025.

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Ben Ben Graves Free State Baseman wins a rural soil ball Washburn in the course of the recreation of Firebirds State Match at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Thursday, Could 29, 2025.

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The State State Shortstop Charlie Peters (entrance) follows whereas the Central Ryker Mahnke takes a pop fly in the course of the Firebirds State Match in opposition to Washburn Rural, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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The third free state baseman, Finn Moore, is in place in the course of the recreation of Firebirds State Match in opposition to Washburn Rural, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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The primary Wesley Cupps’s first baseman follows a throw from his jug on the recreation of Firebirds State Match in opposition to Washburn Rural, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Zane Shaw Shaw, the state junior, appears over the glove to obtain indicators from his seize in the course of the Firebirds State Match in opposition to Washburn Rural, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Zane Shaw, a free state junior, is shifting to ship a land to a Washburn rural batter in the course of the Firebirds State Match at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Thursday, Could 29, 2025.

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Andrew Zimmerschied, the free state senior, throws his routine whereas coming into the field Thursday, Could 29, 2025, in the course of the recreation of the Firebirds State Match in opposition to Washburn Rural at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Ryker Mahnke, free state sophomores, obtain indicators of the third fundamental coach in the course of the Firebirds State Match in opposition to Washburn Rural, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Wesley Cupps, the free state senior, celebrates the third base, after the excessive assistant coach Nolan Deitrich in the course of the recreation of the Firebirds State Match in opposition to Rural Washburn, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Boston Baker, Boston Baker, is approaching the plate to attain the primary rolling of Firebirds of their state event match in opposition to Rural Washburn, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Charlie Peters, the free state senior, leaves the sector, smiling after a giant recreation in the course of the recreation of Firebirds state tour in opposition to Washburn Rural, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Andrew Zimmerschied, the senior of free state, does a stability on a rural area Washburn in the course of the recreation of Firebirds State Match at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Thursday, Could 29, 2025.

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The free state catcher Andrew Zimmerschied is put in to obtain a land in the course of the Firebirds State Match in opposition to Washburn Rural, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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The primary Wesley Cupps Watches FREE, whereas a land is delivered to a Washburn rural rural in the course of the Firebirds State Match, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, on the Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Blaine Larkin, the senior of a free state, treats a land to a Rural Washburn rural in the course of the Firebirds State Match, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Ryker Mahnke, free state sophomores, follows the ball whereas leaving the field to hit a rural Washburn in the course of the recreation of Firebirds State Match on Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Wesley Cupps (10), the free state senior, from the state of Rural Washburn in the course of the recreation of Firebirds at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Thursday, Could 29, 2025.

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Wesley Cupps, the free state senior, sinks safely within the third place to report a RBI triple in opposition to Rural Washburn in the course of the Firebirds State Match in opposition to Washburn Rural, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Wesley Cupps, the free state senior, hits a triple to steer within the first rolling of Firebirds from the match of their state event on Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Boston Baker, a free state senior, sinks safely within the third base in the course of the recreation of Firebirds State Match in opposition to Washburn Rural, Thursday, Could 29, 2025, at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Finn Moore Finn Moore is triggered after making use of a label to a rural Washburn runner on Thursday, Could 29, 2025, in the course of the recreation of Firebirds State Match at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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The free state catcher, Andrew Zimmerschied, turns into low to finish on Thursday, Could 29, 2025, a taking part in piece on the plate, in the course of the recreation of the Firebirds State Match at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Charlie Peters, the free state senior, throws house for a plate in the course of the recreation of Firebirds State Match at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Thursday, Could 29, 2025.

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Charlie Peters (eight years previous), the senior of free state, makes a tough seize, which Owen Lesten Lester holds out of Thursday, Could 29, 2025, in the course of the recreation of Firebirds State Match at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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The free state pitcher, Blaine Larkin, shouted after registering an assault to finish the primary half of the Firebirds State Match at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Thursday, Could 29, 2025.

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The free state of State Blaine Larkin (entrance) throws on the first Wesley Cupps baseman to drive the agricultural Washburn ruler on Thursday, Could 29, 2025, in the course of the recreation of the State Match at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence.

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Blaine Larkin, the senior of free state, attracts a area in a rural rural batter in the course of the recreation of Firebirds State Match at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Thursday, Could 29, 2025.

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Free State teammates, Ryker Mahnke, teammates, whereas launched earlier than the Firebirds State Match recreation in opposition to Washburn Rural at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Thursday, Could 29, 2025.