The Veritas boys basketball team came up just short, dropping a 80-68 overtime heartbreaker to Manhattan Chief during Saturday’s KCAA State Championship game in Wichita. Veritas (14-9) was on the verge of capturing a state title, leading by 9 points with two minutes left in regulation before seniors Will Rau and Will Bartkoski ended up fouling out down the stretch. The Eagles weren’t able to recover, ...
A pair of Lawrence High wrestlers made it to the finals, but neither of them were able to come away with a state title at the Class 6A state wrestling meet on Saturday inside Hartman Arena. Lawrence senior Trey Medina’s undefeated season came to an end in the championship match of the 145-pound weight class, when he lost by major decision against Nathan Bowen of Haysville-Campus. Medina had won his previous ...
Bishop Seabury swimmer Ian Blake capped off his junior campaign with a state title and a runner-up finish in another event last Saturday at the Class 5A-1A state swim meet. Blake won the 100 butterfly as an individual and secured a second-place finish in the 100 breaststroke while competing in the final meet of the season at the Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center. It was an impressive jump for ...
For the first time in school history, Free State has a two-time state champion in wrestling. Junior Madyson Gray accomplished that feat on Thursday inside Hartman Arena by winning an individual title at just the state's second sanctioned girls wrestling tournament. Gray also won an unofficial girls wrestling title as a freshman, meaning she’s really a three-time champion in the sport. En route to her ...
Changing a program doesn’t happen overnight, but Free State’s wrestling team took a big step in that direction during Year One of the Randy Streeter era. The Firebirds went from unranked entering the season all the way up to No. 4 in Class 6A ahead of last week’s substate meet. FSHS is now sitting in sixth in the updated rankings prior to this week’s state tournament, which will begin at 12 p.m. ...
Lawrence High’s wrestling team is hoping to maintain its recent postseason momentum during the Class 6A state tournament on Saturday at Hartman Arena in Park City. The Lions took six wrestlers to its substate meet at Olathe North last week, and five performed well enough to qualify for the final weekend. Trey Medina and Kevin Honas even won their respective weight class to secure individual titles for the ...