Junior high sports

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Southwest gains title on final play
By Nathan Reed
October 19, 2007
On a sloppy field and with a cold rain falling the junior high city championship was decided fittingly, in perfect football weather on the final play of the game as Southwest’s Trevor Leslie and Preston Schenck corralled South’s Jon Pederson two yards short of a tying touchdown. The defensive stop gave Southwest a 34-28 victory over South in overtime to secure its third-straight city title Thursday at Lawrence High.
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All four city junior high volleyball teams took to the court Tuesday at Free State High for city bragging rights.

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South's Morgan Green returns a volley.

Junior high city volleyball quad

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Southwest eighth-grade volleyball coach Kristen Mallory talks to her team during a timeout against West Junior High. The Bulldogs took part in the eighth-grade city quadrangular Monday night at Lawrence High.

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Southwest takes title, concludes 18-0 season
February 15, 2008
Southwest Junior High completed an undefeated ninth-grade boys basketball season with a 60-53 victory over Overland Park Aquinas on Thursday in the championship game of the Warhawk Invitational.
South wins city wrestling title
J-W Staff Reports
December 18, 2007
The South Junior High wrestling team won the city championship Dec. 10 at Central Junior High. It was the third straight title for the Cougars and 26th in the school’s history. “It was ultra-exciting,” South coach Randy Streeter said. “We had a lot of guys step up when we needed them.”
Southwest defeats Washburn Rural
October 31, 2007
The Southwest Bulldog eighth-grade girls basketball team welcomed Washburn Rural on Monday to Southwest Junior High for its second game of the season. Despite falling behind early, the Bulldogs rallied in their home opener for 24-21 victory.
Southwest girls freshman basketball schedule
October 26, 2007
Southwest Junior High freshman girls basketball schedule.
South eighth-graders take title
October 17, 2007
The South Junior High eighth-grade football team took home the city championship with a 26-12 victory over previously undefeated Southwest on Tuesday at Youth Sports Inc.
Bulldog athletes balance grades, sports
By Seth McCauley
October 14, 2007
Not every junior high student is ready for the challenges of high school. In some cases, students can find the combination of increased homework, more difficult subjects, and higher expectations discouraging, especially when the first sign of tests roll around. However, Southwest Junior High’s freshman football team and its coach Skip Bennett have a different view on balancing sports with their academics.
Freshman Cougars clip Warhawks’ wings
Game Staff Reports
October 12, 2007
The South Cougars freshman football team traveled to West on Thursday for the next-to-last game of the year for both teams. The Cougars jumped out early on the home team and never looked back as they came away with a 30-0 victory.
Southwest eighth-graders defeat Central
Game Staff Reports
October 10, 2007
The Southwest Bulldog eighth-grade football team remained undefeated Tuesday with a 44-6 win over Central at Central Junior High.
Seventh-grade football serves as transition
By Nathan Reed
October 8, 2007
They wear the colors and school names across their jerseys. But even though the city’s junior high seventh-graders find themselves out of Lawrence Youth Football’s lower leagues, they are not quite in the realm of junior high eighth-graders and freshmen.
South outruns Mustangs
Game Staff Reports
October 5, 2007
The South Cougars kicked off their intra-city portion of the football season with a visit to Central and a 30-0 victory on Thursday.
Bulldogs maul Warhawks
Game Staff Reports
October 5, 2007
An impressive 32-point first quarter by Southwest doomed the visiting West Warhawks as the Bulldogs rolled to a 56-6 victory on Thursday.
West freshmen trying to fly
By Nathan Reed
October 3, 2007
The volleyball nets hardly have been down since Saturday’s season-ending freshman tournament at Gardner-Edgerton, and yet for some of those who participated in that sport there’s little time to rest. It’s basketball season.
Freshman volleyball season comes to a close
October 1, 2007
The freshman volleyball season wrapped with the 12-team Gardner-Edgerton tournament on Saturday. All four city teams competed in the event. Here’s how some of them did:
South to clash with volleyball titans again
By Nathan Reed
September 27, 2007
Tonight, Southwest Junior High will face off against Overland Park Aquinas in a match-up of two of the area’s premier freshman volleyball teams. The Bulldogs have racked up nearly 20 victories this season, and Aquinas boasts players who have played on national club teams.

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