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
Another first-year quarterback is expected to be in the mix this spring for the Kansas football team. Conrad Hawley, a QB from Raymore-Peculiar High School (Missouri), announced his verbal commitment via his personal Twitter account on Jan. 12. Hawley plans to enroll early, similar to Indiana prep QB Ben Easters, who signed with KU in December. Also like Easters, Hawley is a three-star prospect on Rivals. Both ...
Free State’s girls basketball team got back in the win column with a 46-39 road victory over Mill Valley on Tuesday. It marks the team’s first win since a 40-38 win at Shawnee Heights on Dec. 8 in the second game under first-year head coach Chris Linner. It was a game of runs the entire night by both teams, but the Firebirds (2-3) were able to make the last big push in the end. The performance snapped a ...
Lawrence High's boys basketball team secured a road win over Mill Valley Friday night on Jan. 15, 2021. Photos by Chance Parker/Lawrence Journal-World
The Veritas boys basketball team got back in the win column with a 58-54 road victory over Life Prep on Saturday. One day after a lopsided loss, the Eagles (7-3) bounced back to grab a 20-8 lead after one quarter. Veritas let Life Prep hang around after that, but mostly matched the opposition for much of the game. Will Bartkoski went 11-for-19 from the floor, which included a 9-of-14 clip on 2-point attempts, ...
Lawrence High School football coach Steve Rampy will be leaving the program to become the head coach at Staley High School in the Kansas City area, the schools announced Saturday. Rampy, who led the Lions to an 18-11 record in three seasons at the helm, told the Journal-World that he hadn’t been planning to leave Lawrence High, but that when Staley’s administrators reached out to him this past week to ...