As soon as the ball left Hank Dobson’s bat, the Lawrence High faithful erupted with joy. With the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, Dobson delivered for the Lions. The left-handed first baseman smacked a single to right, scoring two runs to put the final touches on Lawrence’s 4-3 win over Blue Valley North Saturday night at Hoglund Ballpark during the River City Festival. Dobson rounded first ...
Just before the bottom of the third inning, the Free State baseball team huddled near the dugout. After giving up a run in the top of the third, the Firebirds faced an early deficit. Head coach Mike Hill had a message for his team, challenging a squad that hasn’t lost since March 16. And the message worked. Free State scored six runs in the home half of the third en route to a 6-2 win over Sioux Falls ...
Senior Caleb Mondi crossed home plate first, then sophomore Cole Mondi scored moments later. The Mondi brothers were plated by a single to center via sophomore Devin Neal, which put the finishing touches on a signature win by the Lawrence High baseball team. Lawrence didn’t need to complete the fifth inning — nor the ensuing two frames — in its 11-1 run-rule victory over Blue Valley West Friday night at ...
Behind a balanced attack, Free State’s boys tennis team took second out of six teams at the Lawrence High Invitational Friday at LHS. The Firebirds scored 16 points as a team, finishing seven points shy of event winner Shawnee Mission East. Lawrence placed sixth in its own meet, scoring eight points. Cooper Wright and Kanak Masten recorded 4 points as Lawrence’s No. 1 doubles tandem. Free State got 6 ...
It was only fitting that Free State senior Ethan Bradford had to make the last out. The ball bounced back to Bradford, who fielded it with ease. He tossed the ball to first base and walked toward the rest of his team with a stoic expression on his face. It was not the anticipated reaction, given what he just accomplished. Bradford thought he just made a routine play to finish off a 1-0 win over Jefferson City ...
Senior second baseman Garrett Romero put the finishing touches on Lawrence’s latest win when he threw the ball to junior first baseman Aidan Bannister. Bannister flicked the ball back to the mound, and the celebration ensued just in front of the LHS dugout Thursday night at Hoglund Ballpark. The Lions erased two deficits in an eventual 6-5 victory over Sioux Falls Lincoln (S.D.) during the 18th annual River ...