GARDNER — Free State volleyball got a taste of the 2026 season in Gardner on Tuesday with a four-team jamboree. The Firebirds faced Gardner Edgerton, Shawnee Mission East and Olathe East and won sets in all three matches. The scores don’t count toward any records, so the matches provided the team an opportunity to see varsity action and make some mistakes. “It feels good to get to the point where all ...
Despite finishing the season with just one win last year, the Lawrence football team was in just about every game. The Lions had to learn some tough but valuable lessons. Even with a lack of success in the record, the team continued to show up, get better and work hard, which culminated in a rivalry win over Free State in the regular season finale, the lone win for the Lions in 2025. Lawrence and its coach ...
Lawrence High School named Silas Dulan its first flag football coach, as the program enters its first year of varsity competition. Dulan isn’t new to girls flag football. With Lawrence Youth Football, Dulan was the head coach of the program’s inaugural middle school girls team last year and went undefeated. “Our foundation will be academic excellence, high-level competition, life lessons through football ...
Last offseason was a challenge for Kansas volleyball coach Matt Ulmer. He moved to Lawrence, then had to get situated at his new job and fill out a roster of players he’d just met. But despite all of that, the Jayhawks still finished second in the Big 12 and reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. So, now that Ulmer and the Jayhawks are settled in, Ulmer has been able to focus on the most basic element ...
Success in the cross-country season starts with the summer, which means getting in a good foundation of work, preparing for September and staying healthy. So far, the Kansas cross-country team has done just that, according to assistant coach Michael Whittlesey. “We go all three seasons, so they've had a long, long year,” Whittlesey said. “So a huge part of it is about rejuvenating themselves and getting ...
Kansas volleyball coach Matt Ulmer believes a college athlete’s freshman year is always the most difficult. They’re away from home, integrating into a new environment and finding a role on their team. Ulmer believed that allowing those freshmen to play more here or there would be a beneficial way to keep the younger players invested and engaged. Coaches had to balance that with preserving redshirts to keep ...