OLATHE — Lawrence volleyball’s season hasn’t gone the way the team hoped. With a winless record a week before the end of the season, the Lions have had a lot of down moments and difficult losses. But the Lions haven’t stopped fighting, no matter the score or how many sets they’re down. Tuesday’s road loss to Olathe North showed just that again, where the Lions won the third set of a 3-1 match ...
Free State finished fourth and Lawrence took 13th in the Sunflower League girls tennis tournament on Friday, with Free State’s Eli Ward winning the singles bracket. Ward won her second Sunflower League singles championship in as many years, entering as the No. 1 seed and finishing with a dominant four-match run. After a first-round bye, Ward defeated Gardner Edgerton’s Carol Lemos 8-0, then topped Mill ...
A lack of running back depth in Kansas football’s game against Middle Tennessee gave Dylan Edwards the opportunity he’d been looking for. Edwards wanted to show the coaches that he could handle the workload of being the bell-cow back, rather than playing a more specialized role that he’s played earlier in his career. The first-year Jayhawk made the most of the opportunity, carrying the ball 20 times ...
OVERLAND PARK — With rain pouring onto the field from kickoff to the final horn, Lawrence stuck to the ground game and had 416 rushing yards in a 44-7 win over Shawnee Mission South on Thursday night. “It was a good job by our O-line,” Lawrence coach Jason Thoren said. “I saw a few plays where they were blocking really well, which is good because we’ve been working hard on that. That O-line wants ...
Midway through the regular season, Lawrence holds a 3-1 record and a three-game winning streak, which the Lions hadn’t done since 2023. Lawrence is on the road on Thursday against Shawnee Mission South, looking to get its fourth win in a row, which would be the longest streak since 2022. The Raiders enter the game with the inverse record of the Lions, 1-3, with the one win the Raiders have against Lincoln ...
OLATHE — Free State soccer battled back from a two-goal deficit in a wet, rainy match against Olathe West on Wednesday, finishing with a double overtime tie. The prior week was a tough one, with Free State losing 4-0 to Shawnee Mission West and 4-1 to Olathe East, dropping the Firebirds to 4-4. Some injuries and communication errors led to the losses a week ago. “The team as a whole stepped up really ...