The Free State baseball team never seemed to have the right answer in a 10-0 shutout loss to Rockhurst on Thursday night. Freshman Ben Graves got the starting nod for the Firebirds, allowing seven runs on five hits, five walks and three strikeouts through 3.1 innings on the mound. Rockhurst senior starter Marco Dumsky shut down the Firebirds (11-4) at the plate, allowing no runs or hits, four walks and seven ...
Joe Comparato, the coach who's been in charge of the Lawrence High School girls soccer program for three years, will soon be leading the boys program as well. Lawrence High announced Comparato's new responsibilities in a statement on Wednesday morning. He'll be taking over the program from coach Brandon Daley, who is stepping away after two years as head coach but will still teach at LHS. "Joe has a tremendous ...
Neither Macade Lewis nor Dallas Ostronic, two of Lawrence High's five seniors on the boys golf team, could've predicted spending their final days of high school on the links of Eagle Bend Golf Course, just over the dam from big, blue Clinton Lake. But there's Lewis and Ostronic, ready for practice, standing just off the practice putting green with temperatures in the mid-60s on Wednesday afternoon – perfect ...
A late stand by the Lawrence High softball team ended in a 6-4 heartbreaker to Mill Valley on Tuesday night at home. Freshman Sophie Rowley, stepping onto the hill for starting pitcher Taylor Zeckser in the sixth, silenced Mill Valley late priming the Lady Lions, trailing by just three runs, for a big-time comeback in the seventh. Senior Emme Dye, singling for her second hit of the game, stole second and ...
Former Kansas men's basketball star Sherron Collins will not be returning as head coach of the Free State boys basketball program next season, the school confirmed on Monday. Collins reportedly is set to become the next head boys basketball coach at Oak Park High in Kansas City, Mo. Free State athletic director Jered Shaw confirmed that Collins had resigned from the Free State program to pursue another ...
The annual River City Baseball Festival returns to town on Thursday with 33 high schools ready to showcase their talents on the diamond. Games will run Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with host sites split between Hoglund Ballpark, Free State and Lawrence High. The action starts on Thursday at 9 a.m. with Blue Springs South (Mo.) and Olathe Northwest at Free State; Blue Springs (Mo.) and Olathe West will play ...