WRITER: Shane Jackson

Seahawks coping with somber end to successful season after state tournaments were canceled

Nobody wanted to leave the gym, because that meant the season was really over. Bishop Seabury’s boys basketball team returned to Lawrence early Friday afternoon. BSA head coach Jonathan Raney addressed the team one final time, though even he wasn’t fully over what had just happened. The message was brief, but the rest of the team wasn’t ready to say goodbye. Players and coaches lingered in the gym for ...

Two city bowlers make All-Sunflower League second team

A pair of city bowlers made the All-Sunflower League second team to highlight the postseason accolades for bowling this year. Free State senior Porter Neidow made the second team in the boys division, while Lawrence High senior Emilie Rodman received a second-team selection on the girls side. No other city player was named to the first or second team. For the season, Neidow averaged a score of 200 and rolled a ...

Mayo, Middleton named to All-Sunflower League first team; other city standouts recognized

A pair of city standouts made the first team to highlight the All-Sunflower League accolades for the 2019-20 season. Lawrence High junior Zeke Mayo and Free State senior DK Middleton were both named to the first on the All-Sunflower League boys squad. Both players helped their respective teams clinch a share of the Sunflower League crown along with Olathe West. Mayo, a 6-foot-3 guard, averaged 16.0 points per ...

Firebirds fall to Blue Valley Northwest, but fortunate to play in state tourney

Wichita — The result might not have been what Free State’s boys basketball team wanted, but sometimes it is bigger than what takes place on the hardwood. Free State had every chance to knock off three-time state champion Blue Valley Northwest during the opening round of the Class 6A state tournament on Thursday inside Koch Arena at Wichita State University. Instead, the Firebirds never could fully complete ...

LHS boys unable to complete comeback against Blue Valley North in final game of basketball season

Wichita — If anyone would have walked into Koch Arena during the second half of Lawrence High’s 72-66 loss to Blue Valley North, they would have thought it was just another game. And that was by design. Neither team knew that this was going to be the final game of the season no matter what. Early in the second quarter, KSHSAA announced that the rest of the state basketball tournament was going to be ...