The football season came one step closer on Friday as Lawrence High School hosted Blue Valley, Blue Valley West and Olathe South in their football jamboree. After playing each team for 26 snaps, the Lions took a lot away ahead of their first regular season game next week. “I’m very glad that we did it because you can’t simulate that true speed of what Friday night looks like,” LHS coach Clint Bowen ...
Calvin Clements had a better than average start to his college career. As a true freshman, the Lawrence native played in three games for Kansas, starting in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl against UNLV at left tackle. The experience granted him a chance to show that he belonged at this level. To do that, he kept things simple in his head. “At the end of the day, it’s just football,” Clements said. “It’s not ...
Bryce Foster is a football player, through and through. It’s the reason that he started his college career playing at Texas A&M, and it’s what brought him to Lawrence and the University of Kansas. But football season isn’t the only time Foster will represent the Jayhawks. In the spring, the center will compete for KU’s track and field team in the shot put, an event he’s competed in from high ...
The position battle for KU’s placekicker is still going on, with senior Tabor Allen, redshirt junior Owen Piepergerdes and redshirt sophomore Charlie Weinrich all in the mix. Piepergerdes saw the field in a few games last year, kicking six PATs and one field goal attempt, and in 2022, he made one field goal and converted on nine PATs. However, Allen is the kicker with the most games played, having handled ...
The soccer field at Baker University had the aura of a regular season game on Friday night. A good family crowd, a pristine turf field and the bright lights made Baldwin High School’s boys soccer scrimmage feel like the official start of the season. That was by design. The Bulldogs have high expectations for this season, and they have a good sense of what it will take to accomplish that goal, which includes ...
KU’s soccer home opener came short of a rally win against Tulsa on Thursday night, as the match ended in a 2-2 tie at Rock Chalk Park. The strengths of KU’s team popped out from the start of the match. The Jayhawks played fast and aggressively, which led to them taking a dramatic lead in shots early and never quite allowing the Golden Hurricanes to catch up. Tulsa didn’t have a shot until inside the final ...