Free State head girls basketball coach Summer Frantz had plenty of positive takeaways from a 53-30 loss to Blue Valley West in Thursday night’s season opener on the road. Her group fought well into the second half, but endurance waned for the Firebirds, as Frantz’ young squad fell to 0-1 to begin the year. A 10-point performance by freshman Anniston Clark, who stepped into the starting five in senior ...
The calendar is about to turn to December, meaning that it’s time for winter sports season. The Journal-World has everything you need to know about Lawrence High. Here’s the outlook for the Chesty Lions this season: Questions aplenty for Wood and LHS boys hoops in Year 1 An unexpected change of power led Lawrence High head boys basketball coach Nick Wood back to his alma mater this offseason after former ...
With the Thanksgiving holiday in the rear-view mirror, it’s time for winter sports season and the Journal-World has you covered on all things Lawrence Free State. Here’s the outlook for the Firebirds this season: New-look FSHS boys hoops to include familiar faces Some might’ve been surprised when University of Kansas great Sherron Collins called it a day with the Free State boys basketball team after ...
No score was kept, but all three schools – Lawrence High, Eudora High and Gardner Edgerton – benefited from a newly allowed preseason scrimmage on Tuesday night in Eudora. Until this season, the Kansas State High School Activities Association prohibited teams from hosting such events before the regular-season schedule. All three games were limited to just three four-minute periods, but no coach present ...
Ten members of Seabury’s boys basketball team scramble around one side of the floor like mad scientists, tuning and retuning their offense over and over again. Head coach Trey Johnson prefers it this way, knowing he or one of the team’s assistants will undoubtedly throw one of their ideas into the mix. On a Thursday night in November, Seabury’s gymnasium is practically a laboratory. “Practice is more ...
Fifteen total members of the Free State and Lawrence High boys soccer teams appeared on the All-Sunflower League team, the league revealed over the weekend. Four of those area names made the first-team cut, including FSHS junior midfielder JJ Zheng, senior defender Utah Hester and junior goalkeeper Yusef Iskandrani and Lawrence High senior forward Colin Sandefur. Three more Firebirds – senior midfielder Drew ...