The spring sports season is fully underway as teams and players are figuring themselves out and how to win. With that, here are this week's selections for athletes of the week: Lawrence Dao, Free State Dao had a stellar two-day performance on the tennis court. As Free State's No. 2 singles ...
Free State boys tennis hosted a quad with Gardner Edgerton, Blue Valley West and Mill Valley on Tuesday and finished with the second-most wins at 7-5. The Firebirds started with Gardner Edgerton and won all of their matches. Drew Harrison won 8-5 in the No. 1 singles match, and Lawrence Dao ...
Lawrence softball lost 13-0 against Olathe West on Tuesday after early mistakes defensively created a large deficit. The Lions allowed five hits — including a home run — with three walks and an error. The Owls scored eight runs before Keira Norris recorded her second strikeout for the ...
Lawrence and Free State hosted a boys tennis quad against Shawnee Mission Northwest and Olathe East at Sports Pavilion Lawrence on Monday. The Firebirds beat all three teams, while the Lions went 1-1-1. The Lions started with Olathe East and went 2-2 in four matches. Jun Brewer won the No. 1 ...
Some early trouble on the mound put the Lawrence baseball team in a 10-0 hole early to Blue Valley Southwest, which was too much to overcome in a 10-1 home loss on Saturday. “We played pretty clean defensively after the third (inning), but we can’t put ourselves in a hole like that,” ...
Lawrence girls soccer fell 2-1 in overtime to Olathe North at home on Thursday, dropping to 2-2 on the season with the team’s second straight loss. Despite the loss, coach Joe Comparato was overall pleased with the team's performance, particularly across regulation. “We really played a ...