Lawrence High’s boys swim and dive program completely dominated its home meet on Thursday to secure another victory on the season. The Lions won eight of the 12 events on their way to a first-place finish in a four-team meet at LHS. They scored 225 points as a team, while Olathe North came in second with 179 points. Topeka High finished with 102 points to take third, while Topeka West placed fourth in the ...
Midway through its 60-47 home win over Shawnee Mission East on Friday, the Free State boys basketball team went on an enormous run of unanswered points — a run so big that some of the players who contributed to it were shocked to hear about it afterward. The Firebirds scored 22 unanswered points in the run, which straddled the second and third quarters of the game. Junior Cooper Jackson had the honor of ...
Lawrence High’s wrestling team picked up one win and dropped three matches during a two-day stretch this week, but the team’s lone victory was significant because it came at home on senior day. The Lions secured a 39-33 victory over Louisburg Tuesday night at LHS to start the week off right. Andrew Honas, Brandt Wollesen, Hunter Girard, Kevin Honas, Zac Logan, Zach Razak, Anthony Morales and Ralph Saldana ...
Olathe — Thanks to a suffocating defensive effort over the final three quarters, Lawrence High’s boys basketball team cruised to a 64-33 win at Olathe East Thursday night to stay undefeated. The Lions improved to 8-0 on the year with the win, which includes a 4-0 clip in Sunflower League play. After surrendering 16 points in the opening period, the Lions (No. 2 in Class 6A) really locked it on the defensive ...
Lawrence High's girls basketball team secured a 41-36 win over Shawnee Mission North Wednesday night at LHS on Jan. 20, 2021. The Lions snapped a four-game skid with the win. Sophomore Serenity Keo led LHS with 17 points in the win. Photos by Carter Gaskins/Lawrence Journal-World
Free State’s boys swim and dive team netted another runner-up finish on the road on Tuesday. The Firebirds scored 48 points as a team at the Blue Valley Southwest triangular. That mark trailed only Blue Valley West, which won the three-team event with 102 points as a squad. Blue Valley Southwest came in third with 36 points as a team. Free State won three of the 12 events in the meet, all of which came via ...