Bailey Johnson had always been told that he should play football.
Johnson, a longtime lacrosse player, came to high school with the height and size to be a star along in the trenches. He acquiesced and joined the Lawrence football team his freshman year, and that decision, as he put it, “has worked so far.”
Four years into his football career, Johnson has turned that suggestion into becoming a collegiate ...
The Lawrence boys basketball team took its lumps last year while a large portion of the team played varsity for the first time in their careers.
Those growing pains have helped the returners start the summer with an expectation of how the team should play and how to accomplish that. As the team brings in a large class of young talent that can compete for playing time immediately, having the returners enforce ...
Ryker Mahnke was woken up at midnight on Aug. 1 to several phone calls.
It was the first day for junior contact with colleges, and Mahnke, a center fielder for Free State, had several that were recruiting him heavily. One was none other than Missouri, where Mahnke wound up visiting and committing to a few months later.
Mahnke took his official visit to Mizzou at the end of October and eventually committed at ...
Eudora football’s season ended at home on Friday, as Bishop Miege routed the Cardinals 52-14 in the 4A sectional playoff game.
The Stags started fast and never slowed down, while the Cardinals struggled with turnovers and missed opportunities. Once the Stags scored their opening drive touchdown, they held the lead the entire way.
“Miege is a good football team… we played really well for a while, but some ...
Three Lawrence volleyball players and a track and field thrower signed their college letters of intent on Wednesday, securing the next chapter of their athletic careers.
Lawrence’s main gym held tables for Kennedy Glasgow, Anabel Berger, Selah Simien and Tyler Dye as they made their college commitments official while surrounded by friends, teammates, coaches and family.
Glasgow signed with Indiana State’s ...
After three years of serious injuries, Wyatt Hendricks wasn’t sure what his future in football would look like.
Hendricks, a senior lineman at Lawrence High School, fractured some vertebrae in his neck his freshman year. The next year, Hendricks broke his collarbone. His junior year, he broke his ankle. He didn’t expect to be committed to a Division I program going into his final year at Lawrence.
The time ...
