WRITER: Shane Jackson

Lawrence High eager for start of spring sports after missing out last year

For the first time in 662 days, there will be a spring sports event this week when the Lawrence High’s girls swim and dive program competes in a triangular at Free State on Wednesday. LHS baseball will also play two home games this weekend. This week’s appetizer serves as the long-awaited return for spring sports after the season was canceled last year due to the threat of COVID-19. There has not been a ...

LHS sweeps top Sunflower League basketball honors; FSHS also earns postseason accolades

Lawrence High's boys basketball team swept the top honors on the All-Sunflower League basketball selections, which were announced on Sunday. Senior guard Zeke Mayo was named the boys basketball player of the year, while Lawrence's Mike Lewis garnered a coach of the year selection. It was a much-deserved sweep for the Lions, who went 20-2 on the year and made it all the way to the Class 6A semifinals before ...

LHS senior Zeke Mayo ends career with 29-point outburst in final quarter

There was no way Zeke Mayo was subbing out of the game in the fourth quarter of Lawrence High’s 71-63 loss to Blue Valley North in the Class 6A semifinals on Thursday at Wichita State University. He told head coach Mike Lewis as much, asking to not sub him out during the final period. Mayo knew that the fourth quarter would likely be his final eight minutes in an LHS jersey after staring down a 51-34 deficit ...

Lawrence boys overwhelmed by Blue Valley North's length during 71-63 loss in 6A semifinals

Try as they might, the Lawrence High Lions couldn’t find a way to grow a few inches during the Class 6A semifinals Thursday afternoon at Wichita State University. Lawrence was overwhelmed by Blue Valley North’s length inside throughout its 71-63 season-ending defeat. The Lions, who played all postseason without their starting big man, surrendered 42 points in the paint in their loss to the Mustangs. LHS ...

Free State boys struggle to hit shots in 42-37 loss to Campus in Class 6A semifinals

It was exactly the type of game Free State boys basketball team could have hoped for. It just didn’t end in a win. Free State held Haysville-Campus to its lowest offensive output of the season, but the Firebirds couldn’t make enough shots in their eventual 42-37 season-ending loss to the Colts in the Class 6A semifinals Thursday night at Wichita State University. “Sign me up,” Free State coach Sam ...

Firebirds have focused on taking one day at a time during record-setting year

Free State’s boys basketball team has changed its team motto every year, but the one for this season has been especially fitting. Win the day. Those three words have been the mantra for the Firebirds throughout the 2020-21 season, starting from the first practice back in November up to this week’s semifinal matchup. FSHS (20-3) will face Haysville-Campus (20-2) at 7 p.m. Thursday at Wichita State ...