Battling wet conditions all night long, the No. 7 seed Free State soccer team advanced to the 6A regional boys’ championship with a 3-1 victory over No. 10 seed Manhattan on Tuesday night. The night didn’t start with smiles though, as the Indians (7-9-1) took an early 1-0 lead when senior Ibrahim Alali snuck a shot past FSHS senior goalkeeper Carter Stevenson with 25 minutes still to play in the first ...
In a weekend full of postseason volleyball, No. 4 seed Eudora emerged as the sole area squad worthy of a substate title, besting rival and No. 5 seed Baldwin 2-0 (25-11, 25-22) in the 4A substate championship on Saturday in Eudora. The day began with the Cardinals (23-8) rolling by No. 13 Fort Scott in the semifinal round, followed by a close second semifinal between the Bulldogs (26-11) and Ottawa (14-20) that ...
Overland Park – Running up its lead early, the Lawrence High football team rolled Shawnee Mission West 56-3 on the road in Friday’s regular-season finale. Racing to a four-score lead by halftime, the Chesty Lions (6-2) overwhelmed the Vikings (0-8) through the air through all phases of the night for a second consecutive victory headed into the Class 6A playoff slated to begin next Friday. Led by junior ...
The Lawrence High football team, riding high after last week’s 31-24 overtime victory at rival Free State, will look to capitalize on its late-season success with a win in its regular-season finale at Shawnee Mission West on Friday. With the Class 6A postseason picture nearly complete, the Lions (5-2) still need to take care of business by beating SM West (0-7) and its first-year coach Jeff Tolbert on the ...
The Free State sister duo of senior Maya Lee and sophomore Cami Lee left their mark with two top 10 finishes at the Class 6A state tennis championships over the weekend in Junction City. Overall, the Lee sisters led FSHS to a seventh-place team finish at state. The elder Lee finished fifth overall in singles, defeating Blue Valley North West freshman Dominique Pitchlyn in the fifth-place championship, earning ...
At the end of the whirlwind that was Friday’s football City Showdown, Lawrence High ended up besting then-unbeaten Free State by a matter of inches. A game-sealing tackle by senior Zander Thomas put the finishing touches on LHS’s late comeback to beat the Firebirds. Rallying back late in the second half, LHS (5-2) made its first case for overtime with a short-range field goal by Andrei Lefort, tying the ...