The 2018-19 season is already underway for the Free State fall sports programs. FSHS girls golf competed in a tournament Wednesday to officially kick off a new year. The volleyball team is set to face the top-ranked squad in Class 6A on Saturday, while most programs will begin play next week. Here is a peek at all of the Firebirds’ fall sports teams for the 2018 campaign: About this feature Preps ...
Lawrence High’s fall sports teams will kick off the 2018-19 season this week. The girls golf team opens the season Wednesday, while the girls tennis team is slated to begin its campaign Thursday. The boys soccer team, which will be the only program to play at LHS this week, has its season opener Friday. Meanwhile, many other teams will launch play next week. Here is a peek at all of the Lions’ fall ...
Former Lawrence High head coach Dirk Wedd didn’t stay retired very long. Not long after finishing his 19th season at LHS last November, Wedd was offered a chance to make an impact at the collegiate level. David Beaty, who is the head football coach at the University of Kansas, decided to bring Wedd on the staff as a defensive analyst for the 2018 season. “I think he was caught completely off guard when I ...
Since the start of the fall sports season officially begins this week, I thought I’d take the time to formally introduce myself. My name is Shane Jackson, and I’m the new high school sports reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World. I came to Lawrence in June after spending a year covering high school sports for the Manhattan Mercury — my first job after graduating from the University of Kansas in May ...
Lawrence High senior Trey Quartlebaum didn't want to worry about his collegiate plans this winter. Quartlebaum, a guard for the LHS boys basketball team, announced his commitment to play basketball at St. Francis Brooklyn College at the collegiate level. For Quartlebaum, it was important to make this decision before the start of the season. "It feels good because now I can focus on basketball the rest of the ...
For the first time in awhile, the Kansas volleyball team will have a new setter this season. Ainise Havili, who netted three consecutive Big 12 Setter of the Year honors, has since graduated. Kansas volleyball coach Ray Bechard, who spoke to reporters at Fall Sports Media Day on Thursday in Allen Fieldhouse, believes he has multiple options to help fill that void in 2018. Redshirt senior Gabby Simpson, ...