Lions volleyball goes 1-2 at quad

Leavenworth The Lawrence High volleyball team handled Leavenworth but couldn’t stop the charges of Shawnee Mission East and Overland Park Aquinas at a Leavenworth quad on Thursday.

The Lions beat host Leavenworth, 15-12, 12-15, 15-1, despite quickly falling into an 0-7 hole in the first game.

It was downhill from there, though, as LHS lost 8-15, 16-14, 7-15 to SM East and 9-15, 15-12, 5-15 to Aquinas.

LHS coach Jo Huntsinger said she was pleased with her team’s rally in the first game, but then the Lions, 8-18, just fizzled.

“Our weakness today was an ability to finish,” she said. “We need to play well for an entire match, and we’re getting closer.”

The Lions’ next action comes Tuesday at a quad in Manhattan.

South tops Southwest to stay unbeaten

South Junior High stayed unbeaten with a 30-12 victory against Southwest on Thursday at Haskell Indian Nations University.

Nolan Kellerman led South (6-0) with touchdown runs of 10 and 3 yards and two two-point conversion runs. Brenden Halpin scored South’s other two touchdowns, one on a 25-yard pass from Brian Heere and the other on a 72-yard pass from Kristian Pope.

Scott Penny scored both touchdowns for Southwest (6-1). He scored on a 3-yard run and a 1-yard run.

South will play host to undefeated West Junior High at 3:50 p.m. Thursday.

Baldwin cross country sweeps Sabetha meet

Sabetha The Baldwin boys and girls cross country teams each took first place at a tournament on Thursday.

Erica Ogle was the first girls finisher at the tournament, crossing the finish line in 12:35. Denise Orloff, Amy Craig and Michelle Pressgrove finished 4-5-6 with times of 13:14, 13:24 and 13:32.

The girls won the team competition with a score of 23.

Keith Cowart led the way for the Bulldog boys, who finished with 22 points. Cowart’s 18:09 was a split-second faster than teammate Phil Wagner.

Edd Stansberry finished fifth at 18:19, Zac Towns finished seventh at 18:34 and Brayton Gladhart finished in eighth place at 18:37.

The boys’ total of 22 points was 40 less than second-place finisher Jefferson West.