More than just bragging rights were on the line when the Free State and Lawrence High girls soccer teams met again on Monday night for the Class 6A regional play-in match. Free State, rolling past LHS 2-0 in vengeful fashion, punched its ticket to play No. 1-seeded Garden City in the regional semifinal on Tuesday. Falling to LHS 2-1 earlier this month, the Lady Firebirds reconciled that lost by ending the Lady ...
The Free State and Lawrence High tennis teams finished fifth and 12th, respectively, at the state tennis championships on Saturday at Kossover Tennis Center in Topeka. With 24 total Class 6A schools in attendance, Free State muscled out seventh-place finishes by senior Britton Snyder in singles and juniors Jake Hedges and Felipe Reina-Salas in doubles. On the LHS side, freshman Jack Bauch fought his way toward ...
The Lawrence High baseball team came up just shy of Rockhurst in a 5-4 loss at home in the final game of the regular season on Friday. Since defeating Free State in last week's City Showdown, the Chesty Lions (9-11) have dropped two in a row heading into the postseason. Looking to junior Vaughn Wells for the start, LHS coach Brad Stoll was pleased with how Wells responded to a first inning that featured two ...
Six tennis players — four from Free State and two from Lawrence High — will be representing the city in the Class 6A state tournament on Friday and Saturday in Topeka. In singles, Free State senior Britton Snyder will open his tournament run against the first-round winner of Junction City’s Alex Matthews and Wichita South’s Caiden Neal. Freshman Drew Harrison will square off with Shawnee Mission ...
Way back in the fall, Lawrence High senior Tyrell Reed was already circling the school record in the 100-meter dash, held by Chris Fulton (2003). And last month, Reed finally achieved that feat at the Seaman Relays, blazing to a first-place finish (00:10:47) and becoming the new record-holder. Reed, who posted 1,279 total rushing yards and earned All-State honors with the football team in the fall, was ...
Without question, there was a lot of baseball in Lawrence last month. More than 30 baseball teams – some coming from as far away as Arkansas City – were in town to compete in the River City Baseball Festival, a late season highlight for both Lawrence High and Free State's teams. But there is a question floating through Kansas high school baseball circles: How much baseball is enough baseball? Some of the ...