All-Area selections are made by the Journal-World sports staff. • Coach of the Year: Aaron Clark, Free State Clark sent two singles players and a doubles team to state this year. Each Firebird on Clark’s varsity roster earned a winning record. • Player of the Year: Britton Snyder, ...
All-Area selections are made by the Journal-World sports staff. • Coach of the Year: Bill Finucane, Eudora Bill Finucane led the Eudora softball team to a 15-5 finish and a third-place title at the Class 4A state championship. Originally a volunteer recreation softball coach, Finucane led ...
High school basketball coaches want more action. That’s the message 12 Kansas high schools promoted at the first-ever Shot Clock Showdown on Saturday at Mill Valley High School in Shawnee. Schools ranged from Class 6A-4A. The two-day tournament, organized by Mill Valley head girls ...
The Free State and Lawrence High baseball teams landed a total of five players on the 2023 All-Sunflower League team at the end of the high school baseball season last week. Here’s the rundown on this year’s Lawrence-area selections: Kyle Graves (P), Free State — First Team Free State ...
One key soccer storyline this season was Lawrence High senior goalkeeper Cree Stewart. Surpassing 500 saves during her junior season, Stewart’s recruitment exploded last summer and the soon-to-be LHS alumna committed to the University of Missouri-Kansas City last month. LHS coach Joe ...
The Free State girls soccer team tested top-seeded Garden City through three overtimes in a 3-2 loss in the Class 6A regional semifinal match on Tuesday night. Winning at LHS the night before, the Lady Firebirds turned around and drove five hours to Garden City for the 6 p.m. playoff match with ...