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Lawrence High sports

Free State baseball blanks Lions, 5-0
May 7, 2013
Dane McCullough threw all seven innings in the City Showdown, limited Lawrence High to five hits and only allowed three Lions to reach scoring position in a 5-0 Free State victory that capped an undefeated run through the Sunflower League by the Firebirds.By Benton Smith
City to send six to state tennis
May 7, 2013
Lawrence High’s boys tennis team earned Class 6A regional runner-up honors on Monday at Gardner-Edgerton, and six city athletes qualified for state.
FSHS softball eyes seeding
Lawrence would like to become third team to down Firebirds
May 5, 2013
It’s hard to say what is motivating Free State High’s softball players most today as they host Lawrence High for the City Showdown. By Benton Smith
Free State seeks baseball perfection
May 5, 2013
Free State High already has secured the Sunflower League baseball championship. Today, the Firebirds could add some wow factor to that achievement by beating rival Lawrence High in the City Showdown — 5 p.m. at FSHS — and finishing undefeated in the league. By Benton Smith
LHS soccer struggles to stay positive
May 5, 2013
For six weeks now, Lawrence High’s girls soccer players have searched for their first win of the season.
FSHS swimming sweeps relays for second at Sunflower League; LHS fifth
May 5, 2013
Though Free State High’s girls swimming team might not be champion of the Sunflower League, the Firebirds can definitely be considered queens of the relay. The Firebirds swept the three relays in impressive fashion Saturday, setting a league record and school record in the process on their way to a second-place finish in the Sunflower League meet at Prairie Trail Middle School. By Jesse Newell
City swimmers compete at Sunflower League prelims
May 4, 2013
Heading into the Sunflower League swimming prelims Friday night at Prairie Trail Middle School, the girls swimmers from Lawrence and Free State high schools knew they could count on their top performers to do what they always do. By Benton Smith
Opinion: Local lefties thriving at next level
May 4, 2013
Three left-handers — Garrett Cleavinger, Cody Kukuk and Albert Minnis —who pitched for high schools in Lawrence are not just surviving, they’re thriving in the early steps on a road they hope leads to their shared dream of a major-league career. Column by Tom Keegan
More high school sporting events postponed Friday
12:09 p.m., May 3, 2013 Updated 05:20 p.m.
Boys tennis regional tournaments are just some of the Friday high school sporting events called off due to the ongoing cold and wet spring weather in northeast Kansas.
Lions in all-star football game
May 3, 2013
Five Lawrence High football players will represent Kansas in the 22nd Annual Country Mart Kansas vs. Missouri All Star Game on June 13, at Lee’s Summit North, Mo.
LHS golfer signs
May 3, 2013
Lawrence High senior Quillen Eichhorn will continue her golf career at the college level.
Thursday high school sporting events called off
12:51 p.m., May 2, 2013 Updated 02:15 p.m.
Unseasonably cold weather and precipitation that is expected to turn into snow caused officials at Free State and Lawrence high schools to call off all sporting events for Thursday.
Lawrence tennis falls to Jaguars
May 2, 2013
Austin Abbott and Panyin Boye-Doe won singles matches, and Abbott and Thomas Irick teamed for a doubles victory in Lawrence High’s 6-3 boys tennis loss to Mill Valley on Wednesday at LHS.
Just sliding by: Lawrence High baseball pulls out narrow victory
May 2, 2013
Asked to describe his team’s 3-1 victory over Shawnee Mission North on Wednesday at Lawrence High, LHS baseball coach Brad Stoll admitted he couldn’t leave too frustrated. By Jesse Newell
LHS soccer loses to SMN, 2-1
May 1, 2013
Addison Campbell scored a second-half goal for Lawrence High, but the Lions’ girls soccer team fell to Shawnee Mission North, 2-1, on Tuesday at LHS.