With August in full swing, fall sports are soon to follow and the Journal-World has everything you can expect from Lawrence High athletics. Here’s the outlook for the LHS squads: Football It’s safe to expect more from the Lawrence High football team in 2023. There’s been plenty going on behind the scenes as head coach Clint Bowen enters his third season back at his alma mater. At the front of this ...
It’s easy for Free State head football coach Kevin Stewart to lean on a guy like Hank Fuchs. The senior offensive tackle, who announced his verbal commitment to Indiana State last week, fits the leadership role like a glove. Fuchs, a starter since the tail end of his sophomore season, has a pretty confident feeling about all things Free State. Fuchs’ father, Scott, is the current offensive line coach at ...
This preview is the ninth in a 12-part series previewing the upcoming KU football schedule. The forecast for Kansas’ Week 9 opponent, Iowa State, became much foggier this week after Tuesday’s news that a criminal complaint was filed against redshirt junior quarterback Hunter Dekkers for alleged sports gambling involving school events. The complaint, which could easily strip Dekkers of any eligibility ...
Noah Smith just wants to play football. Any kid in Lawrence understands that dream. It's on display for them every Friday night in the fall. And for three years, Smith did it at the varsity level for Lawrence High. The All-Sunflower League offensive lineman was a part of three winning LHS seasons – 2019, 2020 and 2021 – and went on to score a spot on the scholarship roster at the University of South Dakota ...
Sporting KC II is certainly making its case for a lengthy playoff run heading into August. SKC II, which rolled past top-ranked Western Conference foe Colorado Rapids 2 4-0 on Sunday at Rock Chalk Park, is now locked in at fourth in the West after finishing 4-1 through July. After handing Rapids 2 its second loss of the year, SKC II (9-5-5) improved to 35 points on the season. After a two-hour rain delay, SKC ...
This preview is the eighth in a 12-part series previewing the upcoming KU football schedule. If you’re planning on attending any of Kansas’ seven home dates this fall, Week 8’s homecoming game against Oklahoma will surely be a tough ticket. It’ll be the last meeting between the two Big 12 Conference charter schools, at least for the foreseeable future, in a series that's been largely dominated by the ...