Postseason has arrived for Kansas high school basketball teams within the 4A, 5A and 6A classifications. Included in those ranks are nine local high school teams who have their paths set to the state tournament. 6A boys basketball Free State boys basketball finished 14th in the 6A West with a 7-16 record. For the first substate round, the Firebirds will be on the road facing No. 3 Derby at 6 p.m. on ...
OVERLAND PARK — Lawrence placed 20th and Free State finished 29th in the 6A state girls wrestling tournament with nine wrestlers between the two schools wrestling in the two-day tournament. Lawrence sent five wrestlers to the tournament and got one to the podium. Senior Goldy Stephens placed fifth in the 235-pound weight class, which was the second time Stephens reached the state podium. “I was a little ...
OVERLAND PARK — Free State put three wrestlers on the podium, while Lawrence got one in the 6A state boys wrestling tournament at AdventHealth Sports Park at Bluhawk over the weekend. Free State finished 11th overall in team score with 52.5 points, while Lawrence came in 22nd with 23.0 points. Senior Zane Shaw not only reached the podium but finished his wrestling career as the runner-up in the 190-pound ...
Lawrence basketball closed the regular season in memorable fashion on Friday night, as both the boys and girls basketball teams beat Gardner Edgerton for senior night. “It was good to win on senior night, because we don’t lose on senior night at Lawrence High,” Lawrence girls basketball coach Jeff Dickson said. Lawrence celebrated eight seniors at the game, four on the boys team and four on the girls. Of ...
Jadin Harrell walked up the steps of the Lawrence auxiliary gymnasium to the wrestling room every day this week knowing he only had a finite number of times doing so left. It’s an emotional realization for Harrell, who started wrestling with Sunflower Kids Wrestling Club at 7 years old, which practiced at Lawrence High School. Now as a senior, his wrestling career at Lawrence wraps up with the state ...
Zoey Barber remembers checking into Lawrence’s substate loss to Olathe West as a freshman last year and feeling the pressure. Barber at that time was a bench player, coming in for a few spurts of defensive disruption. Her teammate and fellow freshman, Lucy Juelsgaard, made a mark on the team as high-energy players to cause chaos in reserve roles. This year, Barber and Juelsgaard are more than just bench ...