Lawrence High’s boys soccer team will look like a brand new squad when the 2021 campaign begins this fall. The Lions have a new coach in Brandon Daley, who took over the program this offseason after spending eight years as the junior varsity coach. They will have a new scheme. And LHS will have to replace several seniors from last year’s squad that made it the regional championship. But all those changes ...
Four local athletes will be headed to the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Houston in late July after qualifying for the event last weekend during the AAU Region 16 Championships. Jonah Frye, who is 13 and competing in the 14-year-old boys age group, was one of the four local standouts after qualifying in two different events. He was the regional champion in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:52.73, while also ...
Topeka — Kansas freshman point guard Bobby Pettiford is itching to get on the court with his teammates, and he will be one step closer to doing just that starting on Monday. Pettiford, who has been sidelined with an injured left foot since May, told the Journal-World that he will be able to participate in half-court situations next week. He has yet to be cleared to scrimmage, but expects to do everything but ...
Topeka — Now that college athletes are allowed to make money from their names, images and likenesses, some University of Kansas men’s basketball players are already hoping to take advantage of the opportunity. The NCAA’s interim NIL policy, which took effect Thursday, lets players make money through a variety of avenues, such as social media posts, autograph sales or advertisements. On the first day, ...
Local track athletes from Lawrence High and Free State earned league honors when All-Sunflower League teams were released following the 2021 campaign. The first team was highlighted by Free State’s boys 4x800-meter relay squad, which went undefeated this past spring and won a Class 6A state title. The quartet of Ben Shryock, Jack Keathley-Helms, Ethan Sharp and Brock Cordova were all recognized following a ...
The transfer portal helped the Kansas football program land an important addition to its secondary this past weekend when cornerback Jeremy Webb announced his decision to come to Lawrence. Webb was most recently a starting cornerback at Missouri State after being a reserve defensive back at Virginia Tech for multiple years. He entered his name in the NCAA’s transfer portal as a graduate transfer in early June ...