The best shots from Lawrence Journal-World photographers during the month of October.

photo by: Nick Krug

Kansas University defenders Victor Simmons, left, Andrew Bolton and Tyler Holmes watch from the sidelines during football practice on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Lawrence High gymnast Ashley Ammann makes a vault above her coach Brooke Kissinger during a gymnastics meet at LHS, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014.

photo by: Nick Krug

Kansas University men's basketball players goof around for a silly pic following their team portrait during KU men's basketball media day on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014.

photo by: Nick Krug

Kansas University sophomore Wayne Selden poses during KU men's basketball media day on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Maisy Mack, 4, Eudora, checks out a nearby zombie during the 8th annual Lawrence Zombie Walk, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014.

photo by: Mike Yoder

South Middle School students leap off the starting line for the annual Cougar Fun Run Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Six-hundred plus students participated in the 1 1/2-mile run or walk, part of the school's wellness program.

photo by: Nick Krug

Kansas University quarterback Montell Cozart takes a helmet-to-helmet hit from West Virginia safety Karl Joseph while releasing a pass during the second quarter on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014 at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia. Also pictured are KU offensive lineman Ngalu Fusimalohi and WVU defensive lineman Eric Kinsey.

photo by: Nick Krug

Three-year-old Vincent Wiley skips rocks across the street while several vehicles lie at the intersection of of Sixth Street and Folks Road after a rollover accident on Oct. 7, 2014. Vincent, along with his mother and older brother, was in another vehicle, not pictured, that was involved in the accident. None involved reported serious injuries.

photo by: Nick Krug

A "Blood Moon" sits over the roofline of Budig Hall on the campus of Kansas University close to 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. The phenomena occurs when the sun, moon and Earth are aligned in a way that the moon passes through the Earth's shadow. The reddish hue is a result of the sunrise on the Earth reflecting onto its surface.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Fall colors show through an arrangement of leaves during a hike, Oct. 9, 2014, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Thousands of sea gulls gather on some winter wheat north of Lawrence, during rainy weather on Monday, Oct. 13, 2014.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Kansas University junior Jamari Traylor shows off his Big 12 championship ring during Big 12 men's basketball media day, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2014 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Kyle Eichelberger, Lawrence, celebrates the Kansas City Royals' 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, at Dempsey's Pub. The victory lifted the Royals into the World Series.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Kansas University's Taylor Soucie spikes the volleyball past TCU defenders defenders in a match Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, inside the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.

photo by: Richard Gwin

The Kansas University campus rises out of the morning fog, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, as seen from a field in the Kaw Valley, northeast of Lawrence.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Lawrence firefighters work the scene of a car fire in a city parking lot in the 800 block of New Hampshire, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Garret Houk, 8, of Lawrence, and his dog, Arley, horse around with Houk's Halloween costume, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Members of First United Methodist Church, 867 US Highway 40, play a game of pickleball on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.

photo by: Nick Krug

Kansas University interim head football coach Clint Bowen pulls open the door to the Anderson Family Football Complex as he heads in to work shortly after 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014.

photo by: Nick Krug

Kansas University interim head football coach Clint Bowen sits at his desk studying Baylor game film shortly after 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014.

photo by: Nick Krug

Images of fall, shot using Hipstamatic filters in East Lawrence, Old West Lawrence, North Lawrence and the campus of Kansas University, during late October 2014.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Free State junior Khaury El-Amin eludes a Manhattan defender for some good yards in the second half on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Free State senior Andrew Keating (8) breaks up a pass intended for Manhattan's Keadrian McDonald (21) in the second half of their game, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Joe Voth, of Barrington, throws a net as Casey McCall, Lawrence, and Dennis Marquis, of Leavenworth, both watch as they spend the afternoon fishing together, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, at Clinton Lake.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Lawrence High junior Piper Hubble (14) works against Free State senior Briceson Junge (15) during their regional soccer game, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014.

photo by: Nick Krug

Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self, left, and former coaches Larry Brown, Roy Williams and Ted Owens have a laugh while talking shop in preparation for the 60th-anniversary celebration of Allen Fieldhouse on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014.

photo by: Richard Gwin

Free State junior Eduardo Carballido (7) gets in for a steal on Lawrence High senior Zach Alexander (8) as LHS and FSHS faced off for the regional soccer title, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014.

photo by: Nick Krug

Fans file through the doors past the statue of Phog Allen for the 60th-anniversary celebration of Allen Fieldhouse on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014.

photo by: Nick Krug

Former Kansas University basketball coach Roy Williams laughs as he has his picture taken with old friends during the 60th-anniversary celebration of Allen Fieldhouse on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014.

Roger Ryan makes good use of a fire to stay warm at his north Lawrence home after a heavy freeze overnight on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2014.

photo by: Nick Krug

Ngaio sprawls out in one of her favorite haunts, the front window display of the Raven Bookstore, 6 E. Seventh St., on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Dancers warm-up backstage for their performance in the Halloween Monster Ball presented by the Lawrence Ballet Theatre and the School of Dance at the Lawrence Arts Center, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Walking hand in ... claw, a parent and child head downtown to trick-or-treat on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.

photo by: Mike Yoder

Lawrence High's Trey Moore (38) scores in the third quarter of the Lions' win over Olathe East at LHS, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.