It was the perfect time to participate in a Kansas basketball summer camp scrimmage. Just hours after The Basketball Tournament bracket was released, Elijah Johnson and Travis Releford were the only two former KU players to compete in a scrimmage with the current crop of Jayhawks Tuesday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. Both Johnson and Releford are two members of Self Made, an all-Kansas alumni team, which ...
It was a special season for the Lawrence High athletic programs, especially on the girls side. The LHS girls track team defended its crown, winning the 6A state title on one of the last days of the 2018-19 sports season. Two other programs, meanwhile, returned to its former glory with title-winning seasons. LHS volleyball won its first state crown since 1995, while the girls swim team won every meet en route ...
For the second year in a row, Free State’s lone state title came on one of the final days of the high school sports season. The Firebirds captured their only team crown this year in the Class 6A state softball tournament, marking the second season in a row that Lee Ice’s squad has won the title. But there were plenty of significant moments from the 2018-19 school year for Free State’s teams and ...
When the news broke, Oumar Seck received countless texts from former players. Jambars FC, a soccer club located in Lawrence, announced in May that it would be one of seven inaugural members of the BVB International Academy in the United States. The partnership is a direct extension of the Borussia Dortmund professional football club in Dortmund, Germany. The club in Lawrence, which is the only one in the ...
Hussam Mohammed wasn’t sure what to expect when he applied to be the new Free State soccer coach. Mohammed, who has been playing the sport for as long as he can remember, has been coaching since graduating from Wichita State with a mechanical engineering degree three years ago. He’s served on the Sporting Kaw Valley staff and was turned down for an assistant position at Lawrence High last year. But ...
