Lawrence baseball’s two-run lead slipped away against Blue Valley Northwest as the Lions fell 4-3 on Saturday for the fourth loss in a week.
“We want to establish an identity of toughness where you’re going to have to play well to beat us, and I don’t think we did that today,” coach Adam Green said. “We have to teach them … toughness is when you have a bad at-bat and you don’t take it out to the ...
The No. 1 boys doubles team at Lawrence High School has been in the making for three years.
Josh Lavin and Asher Sikes, both seniors, started high school playing on the soccer and tennis teams. While they’ve spent a lot of time alongside each other on the soccer field, they’ve yet to work together extensively on the tennis court. This year, however, they make up the top doubles team.
Sikes played singles ...
For the final stretch of Lawrence’s 3-2 girls soccer win over Free State, four freshmen finished the game on the field as the Lions scored twice to win.
The Lions have relied heavily on their freshmen class this season, and the group has continued to develop into critical roles.
“We had a freshman in goal, we had a freshman outside back, we had a freshman in the midfielder, we had a freshman in the ...
After almost six weeks and 15 practices, Kansas football concluded its spring practices on Friday. For now, the Jayhawks will have some time off before summer workouts and fall camp, but the players will be busy continuing to grow individually in the coming weeks.
“We’ve got to capitalize on all this time before they head home for a few weeks,” Kansas coach Lance Leipold said. “We’ve got to maximize ...
With 15 minutes left in the City Showdown, the Lawrence girls soccer team needed two goals quickly to beat Free State.
Lawrence coach Joe Comparato said the Lions “showed their tenacity” and continued to press toward the goal with their speed. The game-tying goal came with 15 minutes left, and 10 minutes later — to win the game — Sidra Besson scored on a free kick, lifting the Lions 3-2 for the win on ...
Free State boys tennis hosted a quad with Gardner Edgerton, Blue Valley West and Mill Valley on Tuesday and finished with the second-most wins at 7-5.
The Firebirds started with Gardner Edgerton and won all of their matches. Drew Harrison won 8-5 in the No. 1 singles match, and Lawrence Dao won 8-4 at No. 2 singles. The No. 1 doubles team of Jacob Wang and Connor Coons won 8-1, as did the No. 2 team of Kiefer ...
