Girls soccer, baseball and softball all are entering the postseason, and local teams across the three sports are beginning their playoff push with regional tournaments this week.
GIRLS SOCCER
Lawrence girls soccer entered the postseason as the No. 7 seed in the 6A East regional with a 10-6-0 record. The Lions will host their first game on Tuesday at 6 p.m. over No. 10 Blue Valley (8-7-1). A win in the ...
When Eli Ward won the 6A girls tennis singles championship in October, the freshman made sure to let her big brother, Micah, know about it.
Most of the top youth tennis players compete within the United States Tennis Association and often don’t compete with high school teams to free up their schedules for USTA competitions. But Eli decided to go out for the Free State team and went undefeated en route to a ...
The Lawrence and Free State boys golf teams golfed in the second round of the Sunflower League tournament on Tuesday and the third round on Thursday for the final golf tournament ahead of substate.
The second Sunflower League round took place at Eagle Bend Golf Course, and Lawrence and Free State took advantage of a familiar course to finish seventh and eighth, respectively, in team score.
Lawrence shot 319 as ...
For the first time in school history, Free State finished second in the state in 6A boys tennis as the Firebirds’ two singles players finished in the top four and the doubles team placed ninth.
“Everybody contributed,” Free State coach Aaron Clark said. “Everybody played a part in that team finish. There were essentially three teams with three entrants going into day 2, and it ended up working out in ...
WICHITA — Six of the eight local tennis players from Free State and Lawrence got to finish day 1 of the boys tennis state tournament with celebrations.
Free State’s two singles players finished the first day still in the championship bracket and will start day 2 by facing off in the semifinal round. The Firebirds’ top doubles team and Lawrence’s doubles team both took losses but finished the day with ...
