Lawrence baseball's season came to an end with a 3-0 loss to No. 1 Olathe West in the regional tournament at the College Boulevard Activity Center on Wednesday. The Lions finished with three hits and no walks on offense while being struck out 12 times. At the mound, pitcher Brady Wollesen started and threw 4.2 innings, allowing seven hits and three walks against four strikeouts. Logan Sheldon pitched the final ...
The Bishop Seabury Seahawks advanced to the girls’ soccer regional championship after an 8-0 win over Bishop Ward on Tuesday. The Seahawks moved to 11-3 on the season, setting them up to host Bishop Miege on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Regardless of the next game’s result, the season has been one of the best in Bishop Seabury history. “I think that’s historic — I don’t think the girls have ever had a ...
Regional tournament assignments were announced for baseball, softball and girls soccer on Saturday by KSHSAA. Here’s where each local team will be next week: Baseball The Sunflower League champion Free State Firebirds enter the postseason as the No. 1 seed in the 6A West and will host a regional on Thursday. The Firebirds drew No. 16 Derby (7-19) in the first game and will face either No. 8 Topeka (12-11) or ...
Lawrence scored six points, while Free State scored five in the 6A boys state tennis tournament in Junction City over the weekend. Jun Brewer was the only Lion at the tournament, but he made the school’s presence felt with a ninth-place finish. Brewer started with the ninth seed and lost a close match in the first round that went deep into three sets. He bounced back with an 8-2 win over Free State’s Drew ...
A few Free State and Lawrence swimmers competed in the Shawnee Mission last-chance meet on Wednesday in hopes of earning a qualifying or consideration time before the state championships. Lawrence’s Ashlyn Tell was the only Lion to compete in the last-chance meet. She swam the 200-yard freestyle in 2 minutes, 9.76 seconds, which was a consideration time. Tell hit a qualifying time later in the 100-yard ...
Free State finished its girls soccer regular season with a 3-2 loss to Shawnee Mission South on Thursday. The Firebirds started slow, which made a comeback difficult. The team did fight back and brought the game down to the wire, but the Firebirds were unsuccessful in taking the win. “We caught ourselves outmatched emotionally and at every level for the first 20 or 30 minutes,” Free State coach Joe Waldron ...