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The city of Lawrence is considering a law prohibiting cell phone use while driving. What do you think about the law?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| We don’t need such a law. It’s just another example of government telling us what we can and cannot do. | 37% | |
| Hands-free units and speaker phones should be allowed. | 29% | |
| We need the law because talking on a cell phone while driving is dangerous. | 29% | |
| I don’t care. | 3% | |
| Total | 1395 | |
What was your pre-season goal?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Improve speed | 36% | |
| Learn a new skill | 27% | |
| Have fun playing | 27% | |
| Win all of your games | 9% | |
| Total | 11 | |
All stories
- Undefeated Lions to face Shawnee Mission East
- September 21, 2005
- Three weeks into the season, the Lawrence Lions are perfect, and this Friday the Lions hope to make it 4-0 against Shawnee Mission East.
- KU campus to get east gateway
- September 21, 2005
- Kansas University will have a new gateway — complete with a fountain — on its east side by fall 2006, thanks to a gift from a well-known Kansas family with government and KU ties. KU alumni Jill Docking and her husband, former Kansas Lt. Gov. Tom Docking, have pledged $500,000 for the $600,000 project, KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway announced today.
- Hot end to summer
- September 21, 2005
- Don’t put away your shorts and sandals yet. “Summer has one more punch today,” said Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist. “We’re heading up to 95 degrees for our high temperature this afternoon — it’s kind of appropriate for the last day of summer.”
- KU plans cancer center
- Federal designation could bring federal funding, clinical trials
- September 21, 2005
- Kansas University aims to spend up to $350 million to build a top-rate cancer program and be in the running for a coveted federal designation as a comprehensive cancer center.
- Local television personality to promote Weber grills
- September 21, 2005
- Jayni Carey’s first experience with a Weber grill was in 1983, when she was dating her now-husband, Frank.
- On the record
- September 21, 2005
- Katrina made TV and its audience see the underclass
- September 21, 2005
- Katrina introduced the nation’s Haves to the sight of its Have-nots.
- Out of the waves
- September 21, 2005
- The sunlight was bright as Shaun Cassidy drove a golf cart across the Warner Bros. studio lot.
- K.C. sweeps twinbill from Detroit, remains at 99 losses
- September 21, 2005
- Zack Greinke is finishing a disappointing season with some late success.
- White Sox on verge of historic collapse
- Chicago has squandered most of 15-game advantage it held Aug. 1
- September 21, 2005
- Down at Jimbo’s, the mood is decidedly different these days.
- Reid to vote against Roberts
- Other Democrats give nod to Supreme Court nominee
- September 21, 2005
- Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he would oppose confirmation of Chief Justice-nominee John Roberts, questioning Roberts’ commitment to civil rights and accusing the Bush administration of stonewalling requests for documents that might shed light on his views.
- Engineers race to patch fractured levees
- September 21, 2005
- The Army Corps of Engineers raced to patch New Orleans’ fractured levee system Tuesday and residents were forced to decide yet again whether to stay or go as a new, rapidly strengthening hurricane threatened to flood the city anew.
- Solid defense leads Lazers to big win
- September 21, 2005
- Mariah Dickson doesn’t like having anything get past her. She plays every game to get a shutout. Dickson, 12U KSA Lazers goalkeeper, came close on Saturday as her team defeated the Shawnee Cyclones, 2-1, at Youth Sports Inc. fields.
- Kickapoo Council accused of fraud
- Tensions mount over planned megacasino as election date nears
- September 21, 2005
- A former employee of the Kickapoo Tribal Council has accused several council members of fraud and mismanagement.
- Engineer: Consider the fish
- Wash water report highlights effects on environment
- September 21, 2005
- Think of the fish. Chad Voigt, the city’s stormwater engineer, told commissioners that controversial regulations regarding whether nonprofit organizations can hold car washes in parking lots or whether business owners can wash off their sidewalks, would be better understood if people thought more about how their actions affect the environment.
- High heating bills forecast for winter
- September 21, 2005
- Summer isn’t even over yet and bills for natural gas are on the rise - and that doesn’t bode well for Lawrence residents, businesses and others as they look to afford keeping warm this winter, utility officials say.
- Former Jayhawk pitcher makes big-league debut
- September 21, 2005
- Former Kansas University baseball pitcher Tom Gorzelanny made his major-league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday, starting and picking up the loss against the Houston Astros.
- Let U.N. share Niger’s pain
- September 21, 2005
- What Hurricane Katrina wrought along the Gulf Coast, and especially in New Orleans, has given a face to poverty in the United States and has left many of us shocked and distraught - enough to demand that the president, our commander in chief, open his eyes and take charge. He did that last week.
- Germany must work to define its future
- September 21, 2005
- What were we thinking?
- Need is here
- Hurricane Katrina has produced dramatic stories of survival and need, but the ongoing needs of people in Douglas County shouldn’t be forgotten.
- September 21, 2005
- The local outpouring of donations and help for people displaced by Hurricane Katrina has been heartwarming but not surprising.
- Horoscopes
- September 21, 2005
- For Wednesday, Sept. 21
- The cutting edge
- With a variety of blades to choose from, some chefs still stick to the basics
- September 21, 2005
- The Ginsu knife sales pitch is as much a state fair staple as corn dogs and Ferris wheels. “It slices! It dices! It cuts through a penny and still slices a tomato!”
- Green tomatoes need not go to waste at season’s end
- September 21, 2005
- Until the 1987 publication of Fannie Flagg’s novel “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe” and its reincarnation as a movie four years later, many Northerners had never considered an unripened, end-of-the-season tomato to be edible.
- Miller house could be for sale soon
- September 21, 2005
- A home with a nautical theme that was a minor city landmark even before it was the scene of a high-profile murder could be coming up for sale soon.
- Edwards Campus to get ‘Jay’
- Retired KU professor hopes sculpture will bring continuity from Lawrence to Overland Park
- September 21, 2005
- For 50 years, he’s been one of a kind. Now “Academic Jay” is getting a twin brother.
- Rita heads toward Gulf of Mexico
- September 21, 2005
- Rapidly strengthening Hurricane Rita lashed the Florida Keys on Tuesday and headed into the Gulf of Mexico, where forecasters feared it could develop into another blockbuster storm targeting Texas or Louisiana.
- Nazi concentration camp survivor dies at age 96
- September 21, 2005
- When Simon Wiesenthal died Tuesday in his sleep at age 96 in Vienna, Austria, he had outlasted almost all of the thousands of former Nazis whose dossiers he meticulously collected in his Vienna offices. But surviving them had not been Mr. Wiesenthal’s goal. Making them pay for their atrocities was.
- Station No. 4 open house set for today
- September 21, 2005
- Area residents today will have a chance to tour Fire Station No. 4 and tell city leaders what the building should be used for once it is replaced by a newer west Lawrence fire station next year.
- Compost giveaway set for next month
- September 21, 2005
- Gardeners, clean out your pickup trucks. Lawrence’s annual compost giveaway is set for Oct. 13-15.
- Portion of Clinton open to traffic again
- September 21, 2005
- Clinton Parkway west of Wakarusa Drive is once again open to traffic.
- Patrol seeks fuel deals
- September 21, 2005
- The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $2.52 at several stations. If you find a lower price, call Pump Patrol at 832-7154.
- Getting a read on library plans
- Forum focuses on ‘big’ ideas
- September 21, 2005
- Bruce Flanders is ready to take the plunge. The director of the Lawrence Public Library told a crowd of about 60 people Tuesday afternoon that now is the time to build a new library for the 21st Century.
- Former CIA officer sees better tomorrow
- Holm viewed 1990s as decade of decline for organization
- September 21, 2005
- After a decade of decline in the 1990s, American intelligence services are rebuilding their capabilities and having successes in the war on terrorism, according to a former CIA officer.
- Courthouse burglarized
- City leaders not certain what was taken
- September 21, 2005
- The city’s Municipal Court was burglarized overnight Monday, officials said, but city leaders say they don’t know exactly what was taken.
- Hobbs Taylor Lofts wins award
- September 21, 2005
- A $12 million project to bring owner-occupied living to Lawrence’s central business district won plaudits from a group of people who should know an investment-worthy project when they see one.
- KC Southern prepays taxes in Gulf Coast
- September 21, 2005
- Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. said Tuesday it would prepay about $655,000 in property and other real estate taxes to areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.
- Housing construction declines in August
- September 21, 2005
- Construction of new homes slipped for a second month in August, providing fresh evidence that the nation’s housing boom may be cooling.
- Verizon settles data-sales dispute
- September 21, 2005
- A Tennessee company will stop selling personal cell phone records of individuals over the Internet and will provide information on how it acquired such data under an agreement reached last week with Verizon Wireless.
- Navigating airlines’ discount programs
- September 21, 2005
- Earning frequent-flyer miles has become something of a national pastime: You can rack up the credits by flying as well as by buying - everything from contact lenses to condominiums.
- Fed raises key interest rate to 3.75 percent
- September 21, 2005
- The Federal Reserve on Tuesday boosted a key interest rate for the 11th straight time and signaled that more rate increases were likely.
- Daily ticker
- September 21, 2005
- Girl loses peafowl intended as 4-H entries
- September 21, 2005
- An 11-year-old Douglas County girl needs help finding some missing peafowl.
- Preschool celebrates 20th anniversary
- September 21, 2005
- The Lawrence Arts Center’s preschool program celebrated its 20th anniversary Tuesday evening with an ice cream social at Centennial Park.
- Coach Carter says ‘education is the goal’
- September 21, 2005
- High school basketball players are role models whether they want to be or not, a California basketball coach said in an interview with 6News before his speech Tuesday night at Kansas University.
- Capitol patina returns unevenly but eventually
- September 21, 2005
- In some places, the Statehouse’s copper dome is a pleasing green and in others a not-so-pleasing dark brown to black, but a chemical treatment applied five years ago is working, Statehouse architect Barry Greis said.
- Club for Growth suit won’t affect Kansas
- September 21, 2005
- A lawsuit filed by the Federal Election Commission against the Club for Growth won’t affect the Kansas chapter, officials said Tuesday.
- Corrections
- September 21, 2005
- Lawrence datebook
- September 21, 2005
- Brook Creek residents voice concerns about building
- September 21, 2005
- Commissioners paid heed to concerns from members of the Brook Creek neighborhood who said a commercial building was not adhering to proper planning guidelines.
- Commissioners ready to find tenant for Carnegie building
- September 21, 2005
- City commissioners agreed Tuesday to reopen the process to find a tenant for the vacant Carnegie Library building at Ninth and Vermont streets.
- ABC goes down the hatch with ‘Lost’ fans
- September 21, 2005
- Tonight, we get answers to two of the most hotly debated questions in primetime television.
- Official: Engineer says he saw all clear signals
- September 21, 2005
- The engineer of a commuter train that derailed, killing two passengers, told investigators that he continued traveling at nearly 70 mph because he saw no signals indicating he was supposed to switch tracks, a union official said Tuesday.
- FAA to propose cameras, wireless devices in planes
- September 21, 2005
- The latest post-9-11 security change for commercial planes may be cameras in the cabin and wireless devices for flight attendants to alert the cockpit crew to an emergency.
- Trial begins regarding Chinatown massacre
- September 21, 2005
- When three gunmen burst into a Chinatown social club and yelled “Robbery!” the men inside the club did what they were told, knelt down on the floor and put their hands behind their heads.
- Medicare official’s reassignment confirmed
- September 21, 2005
- A high-ranking Medicare officer, whose medical license was suspended because he falsified documents concerning his continuing education, was reassigned to another government agency, officials said Tuesday.
- Nearly $95B spent on medical research
- September 21, 2005
- Total U.S. spending on medical research has doubled in the past decade to nearly $95 billion a year, though whether the money is being well spent needs much better scrutiny, a study has found.
- No gold for Gary
- Woodland fades, but KU wins team title
- September 21, 2005
- No Kansas University men’s golfer won the individual title at the Kansas Invitational, but the Jayhawks still felt good after they placed first in the 16-team field.
- Mangino: Spread it out
- Coach hopes Jayhawks will use entire field to keep defenses busy
- September 21, 2005
- A football field has roughly 5,300 square yards, and Kansas University coach Mark Mangino wants his players to visit just about every patch during a game.
- Vermeil knows it’s way too early for K.C. to get cocky
- September 21, 2005
- The Kansas City Chiefs are holding back the swagger and putting off the party.
- Keegan: Red unis perfect for KU
- September 21, 2005
- The wrinkled paper with the face of Andrew Jackson on it - or is that Peter Gammons? - was all I had left to my name. It was stuffed inside the canary-yellow, $10 pair of pants I thought so stylish.
- Seabury soccer falls to Maur Hill
- September 21, 2005
- Sinan Ozar and Zachary Schmidt found the net for the Seabury Academy boys soccer team, but it wasn’t enough as the Seahawks suffered a 3-2 loss Tuesday to Atchison Maur Hill Prep at the Youth Sports Inc. fields.
- LHS tennis salvages tie with SM East, 6-6
- September 21, 2005
- The Lawrence High girls tennis team won three of four doubles matches to salvage a 6-6 tie with powerful Shawnee Mission East on Tuesday at the Lawrence Tennis Center.
- LHS soccer falters in loss to SM Northwest
- September 21, 2005
- Shawnee Mission Northwest broke open a defensive struggle with three goals in the second half and held on for a 3-0 high school soccer victory over Lawrence High on Tuesday night at the Youth Sports Inc. field.
- Firebirds win in double OT
- September 21, 2005
- Greg Glitz scored with six minutes remaining in the second overtime, leading the Free State High boys soccer team to a 2-1 victory Tuesday over Leavenworth in Sunflower League play.
- Fab Four lead Seabury sweep
- Freshmen hold their own as Seahawks win twice
- September 21, 2005
- If the Seabury Academy girls volleyball team is going to make a deep run into the state tournament, it will need strong play from its freshmen.
- Commentary: Moss delivered all but a victory
- September 21, 2005
- Randy Moss was initiated Sunday night. Sure, he’d already played one game as a Raider. But you’re not really a Raider until you put on the home black jersey. Until you step into the Black Hole. Until you become baptized into the Great Silver and Black Conspiracy.
- Gordon to auction thrown helmet
- Nextel Cup driver to raise money for Katrina victims
- September 21, 2005
- Robby Gordon is auctioning off the helmet he threw at Michael Waltrip, with all proceeds going to a relief fund for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
- Bonds homers again
- September 21, 2005
- Barry Bonds turned jeers to cheers with an upper-deck homer in his 2005 road debut, then drew a walk before Moises Alou’s go-ahead, three-run shot in the ninth inning of the San Francisco Giants’ 4-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.
- Crede’s blasts boost Chicago
- September 21, 2005
- Joe Crede hit two homers, including a game-winning shot leading off the 10th inning, and the Chicago White Sox stopped their slide Tuesday night with a 7-6 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
- Not-so-fond farewell?
- Packers’ poor play could affect Favre’s retirement
- September 21, 2005
- Reggie White’s No. 92 was retired at halftime Sunday, and the next 30 minutes revealed why Brett Favre’s No. 4 might be added to the rafters sooner than the Green Bay Packers and their fans would like.
- New site in works for Sugar
- Baton Rouge, Atlanta choices for game
- September 21, 2005
- The Sugar Bowl will be played in either Baton Rouge, La., or Atlanta after being forced out of the Superdome in New Orleans by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
- Cyclones low-key about ranking
- September 21, 2005
- Iowa State coach Dan McCarney said he was not taking the Cyclones No. 22 ranking too seriously as they prepared for a rare Friday night game against Army.
- Clayton charges up in air
- September 21, 2005
- Kansas State University police on Tuesday turned the report of running back Thomas Clayton’s arrest over to prosecutors, who will decide what - if any - charges to file.
- KU withdraws two names from NCAA self-report
- September 21, 2005
- Kansas University’s athletic department has notified the NCAA it wishes to withdraw two self-reported secondary violations that were included in an appendix of the self-report the university delivered to the NCAA in June.
- Monarchs stop Sun, claim league crown
- September 21, 2005
- After waiting for a championship since the WNBA’s founding season, the Sacramento Monarchs finally won it all in style - their own hard-nosed, defense-first style.
- Judge: Prosecution may use England’s statement
- September 21, 2005
- A military judge reversed himself Tuesday and decided to let prosecutors use a statement Army Pfc. Lynndie England gave to investigators implicating herself in the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
- Doctors: Hinckley has normal relationships
- September 21, 2005
- John Hinckley’s relationships with women are normal, two of his therapists testified Tuesday, disagreeing with suggestions by government attorneys that the presidential assailant is not yet ready for lengthy visits to his parents’ home in Virginia.
- Gotti case ruled mistrial on most serious charges
- September 21, 2005
- The judge in the John A. “Junior” Gotti racketeering case declared a mistrial on the most serious charges Tuesday and said she would likely grant bail to the jailed scion of the Gambino organized crime family.
- Police: Man admits raping a dozen women
- September 21, 2005
- A man has admitted sexually assaulting a dozen women in a series of rapes that had frightened women across the city during the past 14 months, police said Tuesday.
- Cell phone ban urged for teen drivers
- September 21, 2005
- New drivers have enough things to worry about without adding cell phones and other wireless devices to the mix, federal safety regulators say. They want all states to make it illegal for teenagers and other novice drivers to jabber on phones.
- Conn. A.G.: Out-of-state civil unions will be recognized
- September 21, 2005
- Connecticut will recognize civil unions and possibly domestic partnerships from other states and foreign countries when a new law allowing civil unions takes effect here Oct. 1.
- Negotiator again warns against U.N. referral
- September 21, 2005
- Iran on Tuesday threatened to resume uranium enrichment and bar open inspections of its nuclear facilities if an ongoing meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog decides to refer it to the Security Council for possible sanctions.
- Pope expected to ban ordination of gay priests
- September 21, 2005
- Pope Benedict XVI is said to have approved a document saying that homosexual men should not be ordained as Roman Catholic priests, a conservative Catholic Web site has reported.
- Schroeder: Talks should be without preconditions
- September 21, 2005
- Conservative challenger Angela Merkel won overwhelming backing from her party Tuesday ahead of talks with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s Social Democrats about a coalition government. Schroeder, apparently showing new flexibility, said all sides should drop “preconditions.”
- Israel pulls troops out of two West Bank settlements
- September 21, 2005
- Israel pulled the last of its troops out of two isolated West Bank settlements Tuesday, completing the final phase of the withdrawal it began in Gaza last month.
- U.N. report warns of new wave of terrorists
- September 21, 2005
- Al-Qaida has spawned a so-called “third generation” of followers skilled in urban warfare and suicide bombings and U.N. sanctions need to be updated to keep up with the changing tactics, a report warned Tuesday.
- Footage shows bombers on reconnaissance trip
- September 21, 2005
- The suicide bombers who struck London’s transit network did reconnaissance ahead of time and used peroxide-based explosives that took skill to assemble, suggesting the deadly attacks were carefully planned, police said Tuesday.
- Officials look to apply lessons learned from Katrina
- September 21, 2005
- With Hurricane Rita gathering strength and bearing down on the Gulf Coast, federal, state and local disaster officials say they’re beginning to evacuate the poor, the elderly and the ill and that they’re better prepared than they were when Katrina hit three weeks ago.
- Coach admits fraud
- September 21, 2005
- A former assistant basketball coach at Barton County Community College has pleaded guilty to fraud and embezzlement charges, the latest development in an investigation that has snarled three coaches in federal indictments and led to the firing of the school’s president.
- One hurt, two relatives arrested after drill teams brawl
- September 21, 2005
- One person required stitches and a mother and son were arrested after two drill teams began brawling during an impromptu “dance off,” Wichita police said.
- Congressional task force to tackle high gas prices
- September 21, 2005
- With retail gas prices breaking the $3-per-gallon barrier this month, a new task force formed by House Majority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo., is looking for ways to ease skyrocketing fuel costs.
- Katrina relief raises voters’ doubts about president’s priorities
- September 21, 2005
- Hurricane Katrina and the bungled government response have weakened President Bush, raising questions among Americans about his Iraq and Gulf Coast spending plans and spreading fears among fellow Republicans that his troubles could be contagious.
- Contractors seek to limit cleanup workers’ liability
- September 21, 2005
- Contractors working on Hurricane Katrina relief efforts for the federal government want Congress to limit their liability from lawsuits and are drafting legislation to seek such protection, industry officials say.
- People in the news
- September 21, 2005
- ¢ Plea deal helps Slater avoid groping charges ¢ Clothing chain changes mind, drops Moss from campaign ¢ Kirstie Alley loses weight, ‘Fat Actress’ reality series ¢ Hall of Fame nominees named ¢ Universities receive gifts from Grammy winner
- FBI files offer riveting, mundane details about stars
- September 21, 2005
- The Beach Boys. Frank Sinatra. Liberace. Sonically, the trio shared little - from the California group’s soaring harmonies to Sinatra’s saloon singing to Liberace’s marshmallow soft vocals. But their offstage antics were music to the ears of the FBI, where all three became the subject of muckraking files in the agency’s Washington headquarters.
- Karzai calls for end of major foreign operations
- September 21, 2005
- President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday challenged the need for major foreign military operations in Afghanistan, saying airstrikes are no longer effective and that U.S.-led coalition forces should focus on rooting out terror bases and support networks.
- U.S. deaths top 1,900; rescue controversy continues
- September 21, 2005
- The war in Iraq passed a sobering milepost Tuesday when U.S. officials reported nine more Americans were killed - five of them members of the armed forces, raising to more than 1,900 the number of U.S. service members who have died in the country since the invasion.
- Black Student Union plans candlelight vigil
- September 21, 2005
- As a part of the Big XII Council on Black Student Government this week at Kansas University, the university’s Black Student Union will sponsor a candlelight vigil at 7 p.m. today in front of the Kansas Union.
- Regents adopt new policy on meningitis vaccinations
- September 21, 2005
- More college students will be required to obtain meningitis vaccinations or sign a waiver saying they refuse under a new policy adopted by the state Board of Regents.
- Commodities
- September 21, 2005
- Residents to vote on Sunday sales
- September 21, 2005
- Voters here will decide Oct. 18 whether to allow Sunday alcohol sales in their city.
- Grand jury investigates stores selling sex-related items
- September 21, 2005
- A Sedgwick County District Court grand jury is investigating whether seven Wichita businesses that sell sex-related items are violating obscenity laws.
- Judge allows suspect’s statement in pool killing case
- September 21, 2005
- A statement from the man charged with killing a suburban Kansas City woman at a Leawood pool in 2002 can be used in his trial, a judge ruled Monday.
- Embattled former Cosmosphere director sues museum
- September 21, 2005
- The former head of the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center director accused of stealing artifacts is suing the museum for more than $300,000 in damages, saying it has items that belong to him and that it breached his contract.
- Chinese explore rule of law
- September 21, 2005
- One of the most exciting developments in China is the rising awareness at the grass-roots level that ordinary people have legal rights.
- Sebelius support
- September 21, 2005
- To the editor: Considering the mess that support for education was in before Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was elected, it is amazing how well Sebelius has done with education and many other decisions.
- Biblical guidance
- September 21, 2005
- To the editor, God gives some simple answers to the question asked by the person who wanted to know when someone of any age is ready for sex (Journal-World, Sept. 20).
- Roberts’ skeletons
- September 21, 2005
- There are too many skeletons in Roberts’ closet.
- Some history
- September 21, 2005
- To the editor: The most recent article about Bell’s music store and the marches that were performed for the sesquicentennial concert has this writer wondering why more research was not done regarding Olin Bell.
- Early fumble ignites ‘Canes to 33-0 win
- September 21, 2005
- With both teams being named after storms, you just knew that trouble was a brewing Sunday at Youth Sports Inc. Unfortunately for the second- and third-grade Twisters, it hit on the game’s first play when a fumble gave the ball back to the Hurricanes - who quickly turned the miscue into a touchdown - which gave them all the momentum they would need in their 33-0 win.
- Bulldogs use big runs to blank Cougars
- September 21, 2005
- A little thunder and flashes of lightning were seen on and off the fields at Youth Sports Inc. Sunday. While the natural phenomenon occurred early in the morning, the Baldwin Bulldog fourth- and fifth-grade team unveiled their own version of thunder (fullback Bryce Shoemaker), and lightning (running back Skyler Shockley) as they defeated the Lawrence Cougars 12-0.
- Chops and Gorillas take game to wire
- Conklin puts on one-man show, helps Gorillas pull out 14-8 win
- September 21, 2005
- For all of you fifth- and sixth-grade fantasy draft owners out there, hopefully you picked up Chops running back/linebacker Reece Conklin. Conklin did it all - coming up with an interception, recovering a fumble and adding a touchdown run - in the Chops’ 14-8 win over a feisty Gorillas team on Sunday at Youth Sports Inc.
- Force uses teamwork to finish second
- Kaw Valley soccer team gels after only two games together
- September 21, 2005
- Even before the start of the first game of the Kansas All-Girls Cup, the Kaw Valley Force 10U team was fired up to take a victory against the Kansas City Lightning. The Force made it a pre-tournament goal to make it to the finals, and the girls took a step closer to their goal in the first round by tying with the Lightning, 3-3, on Saturday.
- Addison assists Club Select in 2-1 win over Topeka Select Jazz
- September 21, 2005
- Addison Campbell may not get credit for scoring goals, but she sure plays a huge part in setting them up. Campbell, 10U KVSA Club Select winger, gets up and down the field like an Olympic track star. Campbell’s efforts on Saturday lifted Club Select past the Topeka Select Jazz, 2-1, at Youth Sports Inc. fields.
- Gunners defense battles Thunder to tie
- September 21, 2005
- A soccer game that started out as a defensive struggle soon escalated to a track meet, but neither the 10U KSA Gunners or Leavenworth Thunder could gain control and thus their match Saturday ended in a 1-all tie at Youth Sports Inc.
- LASC Patriots offense too much for Club Select to handle
- September 21, 2005
- Midway through the second half, Megan Rousch fell to the ground after going for a 50-50 ball. She turned her head to the right to find the ball, and she unfortunately found it zooming toward her face. The ball cracked Rousch right in the nose, but she didn’t fall back down. She quickly collected herself and jumped right back into the action trying to take the ball away from her opponent.
- Kaw Valley Force struck by Lightning
- September 21, 2005
- Bum arm and all, Madeline Caywood stepped onto the field determined to slow down a powerful 11-and-under LASC Blue Lightning soccer club in the Kansas All-Girls Tournament at Youth Sports Inc.
- KSA Enforcers win big at home tourney
- Casady’s last-second penalty kick is the difference for 12U team
- September 21, 2005
- No one epitomizes the Enforcers nickname more than Rylee Fuerst, as she stands tall on the back line, clearing any balls that enter her zone. Fuerst’s defensive performance at the Kansas Cup on Saturday helped the 11U KSA Enforcers defeat the Topeka Aftershock, 3-1, at Youth Sports Inc. fields.
- Kansas Cup a success despite delays
- September 21, 2005
- After a beautiful day for soccer on Saturday, rain could not stop the Kansas Cup All-Girls tournament from crowning its champions in each division on Sunday.
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