Juliana Hout remembers Lawrence girls wrestling coach Carl Springer telling her this past summer that he found a great new practice partner for her sophomore year. Hout’s practice partner her freshman year graduated, leaving an opening next to her on the wrestling mat. After a freshman ...
The Lawrence boys and girls basketball teams struggled on Tuesday night against Olathe North as both teams lost by over 20 points. The Lions lost the girls basketball game 78-57 after a slow start led to an insurmountable lead. The Eagles scored the first two buckets of the game with two 3s. ...
The Sunflower League’s girls wrestling tournament switched to a dual-style tournament this year, with wrestlers competing against other lineups, rather than by weight class. However, coaches at Free State and Lawrence said it was too soon for a dual-style tournament, as too many teams lack ...
OVERLAND PARK — Lawrence girls wrestling is set to send five wrestlers and Free State will send four to the 6A state tournament in two weeks following regional tournaments on Saturday. Lawrence competed in the 6A East in a tournament at Shawnee Mission South, while the Firebirds wrestled at ...
OLATHE — The Lawrence boys and girls basketball teams lost two close games on the road against Olathe Northwest on Friday, with the girls losing 56-50 and the boys losing 53-51. Both Lawrence teams were coming off substantial losses from Tuesday’s road games against Shawnee Mission South, ...
The postseason has arrived for wrestling and boys swim and dive, and local athletes helped lead their teams in key moments during league championships. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Anderson Bateman, Free State Free State swimmer Anderson Bateman ...