The Lawrence girls tennis team hosted a quad against Shawnee Mission South, Topeka and Washburn Rural at Sports Pavilion Lawrence on Monday, giving the Lions a chance to see some familiar faces and new opponents. The Lions started with Topeka and won both the No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles matches. Emma Over won 8-7 (7-3) in her Topeka singles match, while the Lawrence duo of Mikayla Denton and Lily Baldridge ...
Olathe — Free State volleyball went 2-3 in a tournament against Blue Valley North, Blue Valley Northwest, Lee’s Summit, Mill Valley and Olathe South. Free State coach Jayme Savage said that tournaments are for the team working through issues, and that duals are for solidifying lineups. In Saturday’s tournament, Savage said she saw “glimpses of greatness,” and that the team is “further ahead than ...
Junction City spoiled Lawrence’s football home opener on Friday, as the Lions (0-2) lost 14-7 while struggling to move the ball. A year ago, the Lions and Bluejays combined for 125 points, with touchdowns being scored up until the final seconds. This time, the game was decided almost exclusively on the ground, and both teams struggled to move the ball consistently. “(Junction City) had a good (defensive) ...
Nathan Young planned on going the junior-college route to continue his baseball career. Coming from Free State, where winning is the expectation, Young wanted to go to a program he considered a winner. After visiting Barton, Butler and Cloud County, Young landed on Barton and announced his commitment. “It'd be hard to go from a program that does a lot of winning in high school to go to somewhere in college ...
Despite losing a close game against Olathe West last Friday, Lawrence football coach Jason Thoren is pleased with how his team has operated, both in the game and in the subsequent week of practice. “I was pleased after the game, and I was pleased after watching the game,” Thoren said. “I was pleased with our mentality. We unfortunately had a few plays that didn’t go our way that really stung us, but for ...
Every day, Free State seniors Taryn Jones and Annie Pilakowski think about the girls tennis state meet. Jones and Pilakowski are longtime friends and teammates on Free State’s girls tennis team, but this is their first time working together on the No. 1 doubles team as Pilakowski makes the switch from singles to doubles. With a 6-0 start to the tennis season, the duo is confident. “We think about (making ...