Free State’s boys and girls basketball teams went across the state for an end-of-week tournament in Garden City. The boys went 2-1, starting the tournament with two wins before a loss in the final game. The girls went 1-2, starting with its two losses before ending on a high note with a win. Free State’s boys team started with a 52-41 win over Garden City, followed by a 62-42 win over Scott Community on ...
Olathe — The Lawrence and Free State girls wrestling teams competed in their second tournament of the season on Saturday, with the Firebirds placing eighth and the Lions 16th. Free State scored 113.5 points in the tournament with Firebirds winning the 120-pound weight class and the 120-pound B weight class. The Lions got a bracket win in the 145-pound B weight class and scored 64.0 points. “The competition ...
The Lawrence girls basketball team trailed by three at halftime to Notre Dame de Sion on Friday, but those three points felt like 15. The Lions struggled with fouls, turnovers and missed shots, and the team saw its small lead evaporate in the second quarter. They never had a double digit lead, but with the flow of the game and how often the Lions fouled, making a comeback felt monumental. The team’s comeback ...
Since Carl Springer took over as the head coach of the Lawrence girls wrestling program, mental health has been a consistent point of focus for the team. This year, each day, the team carves time out of practice to journal, and wrestlers on the team make time to talk about their mental health. “I feel like that’s made a big difference in the room with the girls,” Springer said. “Handling losses and ...
Basketball returned to the Lawrence High School gymnasium on Tuesday with a girls game against Topeka West and a boys game against Kansas City East. Both Lawrence teams came away with big wins in the home opener, as the girls won 77-46 and the boys won 66-51. The Lawrence girls were first to play and got their season started with a blowout win over Topeka West. From the jump, the Lions set the tone with a ...
For the first time since girls wrestling became a KSHSAA sanctioned sport, the Free State and Lawrence girls wrestling teams faced off in a tournament, rather than in practice. Girls wrestling has been growing in popularity at Lawrence and Free State, but for the first few years of the sport, the teams were small enough to be combined. That changed this year as Free State’s team officially split from ...