Senior receiver Emmanuel Henderson Jr. went out on kickoff return in the second quarter of Kansas football’s 41-10 win over West Virginia on Saturday with instructions to make a fair catch. Henderson opted to make a play instead. He fielded a short kick and ran up to Kansas' 44-yard line, which vaulted the offense into a quick, three-play, 56-yard scoring drive. “I was very confident after I broke loose on ...
Olathe — Olathe Northwest ran through the Lawrence defense with ease in a 38-17 Thursday-night loss for the Lions at the College Boulevard Activity Center, as Lawrence fell to 0-3. Olathe Northwest started with the ball on the first drive, picking up four first downs, one with a penalty and three on the ground, and a score. The Lions’ defense stepped up for a tackle-for-loss on a third-down screen pass, ...
Lawrence High football (0-2) is back at the College Boulevard Activity Center for a Thursday night game against Olathe Northwest (1-1) and searching for its first win of the season. The Lions are still adjusting to the new systems in place under coach Jason Thoren, and he expected there to be some growing pains involved in the process. Between the first two weeks, Thoren said he saw improvement, but that the ...
Cara Jeffries went to a women’s soccer ID camp at Missouri State this past summer, which featured over 20 different colleges from around the area, including Missouri Western State. After the camp, Jeffries wanted to talk with Missouri Western State’s coaches, and the coaches wanted to talk with Jeffries. “They have a pretty good program, great facilities, great coaches, and it’s really close to home ...
Despite Lawrence volleyball’s 3-0 loss at home to Shawnee Mission Northwest, Lawrence coach Deborah Newkirk was pleased with the team’s swagger, saying “they looked like they were up 10 the whole time.” “They are confident because they know they have the skills and ability, it’s just getting it to all mesh,” Newkirk said. “If each one of us cleaned up one error, if each one of us set one more ...
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 ...