Park City – Free State seniors Matthew Marcum and Eric Streeter will return home as state champions after winning first-place matches at the Class 6A state wrestling championships on Saturday. It’s the first time Free State has fronted two state champions in consecutive years. The Firebirds placed eighth among 35 schools with 94.0 team points and eight pins. Also making the trip, Lawrence High finished the ...
The Lawrence High boys basketball team flew past Gardner Edgerton on the road 62-47 in Friday night’s regular-season finale. The Lions kept the Blazers (7-13) off the scoreboard for nearly the entire first quarter. Junior Zaxton King led LHS (16-4) with 18 points on 7 of 11 shooting. Senior Will Leuschen finished with 13 points, including a team-high three 3s. Seniors Kenton Simmons and Jaylon Case each ...
For three seasons now, Veritas Christian’s boys hoops team has gotten a boost from brothers Rahseem and Ameer Dowdell — and the basketball-loving family they’re a part of. Rahseem, a senior forward, and Ameer, a junior combo guard, have been steeped in basketball since early childhood. Their father, Kwam, played college basketball at Cowley Community College and Central Arkansas and was an assistant coach ...
Lawrence High sophomore guard Brynnae Johnson, who’s constantly being mistaken for a junior by her peers, has been playing senior-level basketball all season long. With its regular season winding down, LHS (15-4) sits in second place in the Sunflower League behind unbeaten Shawnee Mission South. Johnson, who leads the team in scoring (12.2) and holds the sixth-best assist margin (2.8) in the league, boasts an ...
Topeka – Two Free State senior wrestlers walked away from the Class 6A State West Regional Tournament with first-place wins, carrying the Firebirds for a sixth-place tie with the host school Saturday at Washburn Rural. Lawrence High came in eighth out of 18 schools. Seven schools at the regional tournament, including Free State, are among the top 10 ranked programs in Class 6A. Free State senior Matthew ...
Lawrence High evaded a second-half comeback by Free State on Friday night, rolling away from the Firebirds 52-32 in the fourth quarter of the basketball City Showdown at LHS. Junior Zaxton King led LHS (14-4) with 30 points on 7 of 13 shooting, including four 3s. Seniors Kenton Simmons and Lance Bassett each scored six points, with fellow seniors Jaylon Case and Will Leuschen chipping in four points ...