For the first time this season, the Lions started from behind. The LHS football team has succeeded in scoring early. They took a 21-7 lead over Junction City after the first quarter and started with a 21-0 lead and a 7-0 lead over Shawnee Mission South. But on Friday night, that wasn’t the case, and the Lions (2-1) struggled to get ahead in a 42-34 loss to Olathe North (1-2) on the road. After the first 12 ...
Lawrence High School football coach Clint Bowen knows exactly what kind of a game it’ll be against Olathe North on Friday, which isn’t exactly reassuring in this instance. Despite the Eagles' 0-2 record and the Lions' 2-0 record, Bowen is under no impression that the Eagles will be an easy team to beat, particularly on the road. Olathe North is a team used to winning and success, with eight-win seasons ...
A wind came through the Lawrence High School soccer field almost immediately at the start of the Thursday night match between Lawrence and Free State high schools. Cracks of electricity danced through the clouds, while the full benches were split with the east side sporting green and the west side dressed in red, all shouting as if it were a playoff match. The energy, from the field to the crowd to the ...
Junction City — About halfway through the third quarter, the Lions were unstoppable running the ball. “It's a great feeling to score 69 points like that,” quarterback Banks Bowen said. “For our offense to execute like that, it’s nice. We just have to make some plays on defense, and we definitely can.” The first half of the Thursday night football game between Lawrence High School and Junction City ...
The Lawrence High School football team will face its first road challenge of the season on Thursday as the Lions travel to Junction City to face the Blue Jays at 7 p.m. If there’s one thing that LHS coach Clint Bowen can predict about the team’s upcoming opponent, it's that they will be prepared. Randall Zimmerman has led the program for decades, and for good reason. Zimmerman has been the coach since 1994 ...
No matter the situation, the Free State volleyball team could rally around each other. At various points in the team’s win against Manhattan during a Monday night volleyball triangular at Free State High School, the Firebirds were facing a deficit with the momentum on their opponent's side. It didn’t matter. The Firebirds played sound volleyball and were largely mistake-free during the clutch moments of the ...