Olathe ? The song “All I Do Is Win” blared through the visiting locker room at Olathe East High School.

Many players of the Lawrence High girls basketball team couldn’t refrain from shouting the lyrics at the top of their lungs in the moments following a 58-46 victory Wednesday. It’s a common scene after every win since coach Jeff Dickson took over the program.

“We have been doing that the last three years,” Dickson said. “We wanted to give them something to look forward to. It’s just one more thing to rally around. That’s our victory song, so hopefully for us, we want to hear that every game.”

But this particular post-game karaoke had a special feeling. After all, it was the first such time the song was played following a meeting against the Hawks.

The Lions (10-3, No. 8 in Class 6A) led for every second of Wednesday’s contest to ultimately end a seven-game losing streak against their league foe. In fact, it marked their first win against Olathe East (9-4, No. 6 in 6A) since Feb. 12, 2010 — which coincidentally, was the very same year that their now traditional post-game song was released.

“It’s a really good win, they are really good competition,” senior Olivia Lemus said. “From my experience, I don’t really remember beating them. But it was just nice to come out with a win.”

Lemus, along with fellow senior Skylar Drum, knew this was their final chance to defeat the Hawks. Entering the game, they had been on the losing end on four different occasions, including last year’s one-point loss and a sub-state defeat their freshman year.

This time around, the Lions weren’t going to take any chances as they stormed out to an early lead. Lawrence leaped out to a 10-4 advantage from the opening tip, set up by a pair of 3-pointers from junior E’lease Stafford. Stafford finished with a team-high 17 points, going 4-of-10 from the floor.

“She is a key player for us,” said Lemus, who had 15 points herself. “She helps the offense flow a lot. To have her on a roll like she did, it only helps the team.”

LHS traded buckets for much of the second period, as Drum recorded seven of her nine points in the frame. They went into the intermission with an eight-point lead, 24-16.

In the third quarter, the Hawks trimmed the deficit to four with 5:48 to go before Stafford went on a personal 8-0 run, aided by another set of consecutive triples. Lemus and Stafford accounted for all 15 of the team’s third quarter points as LHS pushed its advantage to double digits.

However, just as the Lions began to get comfortable, the Hawks made them sweat a bit. Olathe East went on a 15-1 run in less than two minutes to pull within two possessions at the 2:37 mark. Rather than falter, Lawrence knocked down eight free throw attempts to seal the victory.

“When they cut it to six, I was like ‘OK, fingers crossed,'” Dickson said. “We got just enough free throws down the stretch. That game is obviously a super close game, and the score does not indicate how close it really was.”

Lawrence will travel to Shawnee Mission South at 5:30 p.m. Friday.

LAWRENCE (58)

Hannah Stewart 0-1 2-4 2, Olivia Lemus 6-12 1-3 15, Asia Goodwin 1-3 3-4 5, E’lease Stafford 4-10 5-6 17, Chisom Ajekwu 1-8 4-6 6, Sammy Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Skylar Drum 3-4 3-3 9, Tyrin Cosey 2-3 0-0 4. Totals: 17-42 18-26 58.

OLATHE EAST (46)

Caroline Hoppock 2-7 0-0 4, Sydney Wilson 7-21 7-9 21, Cameron Kincaid 0-4 0-0 0, Regan Schumacher 5-12 0-2 10, Katie Gleason 1-3 0-0 2, Makenna Winemiller 1-6 0-0 2, Savanna Perez 2-3 0-0 5, Jordan Rehagen 1-5 0-0 2. Totals: 19-61 7-11 46.

Lawrence 13 11 15 19 — 58

Olathe East 9 7 9 21 — 46

Three-point goals: Lawrence 6-12 (Stafford 4, Lemus 2); Olathe East 1-13 (Perez). Fouled out: None. Turnovers: Lawrence 16, Olathe East 9.