Overland Park — The Lawrence boys and girls basketball teams traveled to Shawnee Mission North on Tuesday, with the girls hanging on to win 54-51 while the boys lost 67-49.
The Lawrence girls basketball team held off a late push from Shawnee Mission North to win 54-51 on the road.
The Lions took an early lead with a hot offensive start, scoring 20 points in the first quarter. Sophomore Cami Nauholz had a ...
Bishop Seabury senior guard Jace Smith has spent a lot of time in the gym developing his jump shot.
Starting from his freshman year with the Seahawks, he’s trained his jump shot to become his greatest attribute as a guard. That work came to fruition when he recently hit the mark of 1,000 career points.
“I’ve been playing basketball my whole life, and a thousand points is a big milestone,” Smith said. ...
Lenexa — The Free State and Lawrence boys swimming and diving teams concluded their season with the final day of the 6A state meet at the Shawnee Mission School District Aquatic Center.
Free State finished 13th as a team with 65 points, and Lawrence came in 17th with 47 points.
For relays, the Free State 200-yard medley team was disqualified. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of sophomore Anderson Bateman, ...
Free State’s boys wrestling team qualified 12 wrestlers for state, which set a school record, while the Lawrence team qualified three in regional tournaments over the weekend.
The Firebirds participated in the 6A West regional tournament at Garden City High School, which began on Friday and finished fifth with 196.0 points. Lawrence competed in the 6A East regional tournament at Olathe Northwest and finished ...
Lenexa — The second day of the KSHSAA 6A state swim and dive meet featured Lawrence and Free State swimmers competing in preliminary races ahead of the final day on Saturday.
The top 16 times from each event qualified for the finals. Free State qualified in seven events with seven qualifying swimmers, and Lawrence qualified in four with four swimmers.
Free State qualified all three relay teams, and Lawrence ...
After back-to-back boys basketball losses to their rivals, the Free State Firebirds won 69-49 over Lawrence at LHS on Friday.
“I haven’t heard a crowd that loud that I’ve played in,” senior Korbin Dowdell said. "It felt good to have their arena feel like ours. It was a good time for us.”
The first half of the game was fast-paced, with plenty of 3-point shooting from both teams. Free State junior ...
