Lawrence High’s baseball team rallied in the seventh to earn a 4-3 win over Belton during the first day of the River City Baseball Festival on Thursday at Hoglund Ballpark. Trailing 3-2 entering the bottom of the seventh, LHS (7-6) got its comeback started with a one-out double from Devin Neal. Jack Stoll then evened the score up with a RBI single to center. After back-to-back walks, Karson Green drove in the ...
Behind a big third inning, Free State’s baseball team secured a 9-2 victory over Topeka Hayden during the first day of the River City Baseball Festival on Thursday at Hoglund Ballpark. After Hayden evened the score up at 2-2 in the top of the third, the Firebirds (6-7) responded by scoring five runs in the home half of the frame. It was an inning that started with a leadoff walk by Calvin Urish and a base ...
For the third time this season, the Lawrence High’s girls swim and dive team won a home meet. The Lions, who won a state title in 2019, have won all three home meets during the new season. The latest victory came on senior night during a four-team event Tuesday afternoon at LHS. Lawrence scored 470 points as a team to place first by a wide margin. Washburn Rural came in second with a score of 352, while ...
The River City Baseball Festival will make its much-awaited return on Thursday after not having the event in 2020 due to COVID-19. This year’s event will last three days between Thursday through Saturday, and will feature 38 teams after a few late cancellations. That means it will have just two fewer teams than the most squads to ever compete in the event, which happened in 2019 during the 18th annual River ...
Bob Lisher’s phone hasn’t stopped buzzing since he announced Tuesday morning via his personal Twitter account that he was going to be a head coach in the area once again. Lisher, who spent 22 years at the helm at Free State, will take over the Baldwin football program. Lisher accepted the job on April 3, but waited to make it public until the school board approved the hire. “I haven't been able to put ...
Even if Free State’s baseball team had played its best game, head coach Mike Hill knew it would have been a challenge to defeat a talented Olathe West squad. Yet the lopsided 12-0 defeat was a result of the Firebirds struggling in all three phases of the game Monday night at FSHS. Free State managed just one hit, committed four errors on defense, and had to deploy five different pitchers on a night where its ...