Swimmers get ready for the start of an event Wednesday afternoon at FSHS on Dec. 4, 2019.

It was an important week for both city swim teams.

The boys swim squads of Free State and Lawrence High had two tough tests in as many meets this week. In Wednesday’s quadrangular in Manhattan, FSHS placed third with 303.5 points and the Lions claimed fourth with 289 points. MHS won the event with 375 points.

All three of those programs were back in action in the Olathe Invitational on Friday. Free State finished in eighth out of 18 teams, scoring 136 points. Lawrence placed 13th with 90 points. Olathe East won the whole event with a score of 347.

Still, the Firebirds and Lions had their moments during a week that could prepare them for the postseason.

Free State’s Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck netted both his wins in the quadrangular at MHS. He finished first in the 200 IM with a time of 2:08.18, while winning the 100 breaststroke with a mark of 1:05.29. It was the only two wins by either city team during the week.

Sirimongkhon-Dyck notched a runner-up finish in both races in the Olathe Invitational on Friday. Brady Flynn earned a pair of top-five finishes in Olathe as well, notching fourth in the 100 freestyle and fifth in the 50 freestyle. Elliott Ahlvers placed second in the diving competition.

Lawrence’s Maxwell Cowardin claimed fifth in the 500 freestyle, which marked the team’s only top-five finish in the 18-team event. In Manhattan, Tyler Jones took home a pair of second-place finishes in the 200 freestyle and the 100 fly.

Both teams will return to action in January.

Olathe Invitational

Team scores: 1. Olathe East 347; 2. Blue Valley West 302; 3. SM East 190; 4 Olathe NW 179; 5. Manhattan High 172; 6. SM North 161; 7. Blue Valley NW 148; 9. SM Northwest 126; 10. Olathe South 119; 11. Blue Valley 102; Blue Valley North 95; 13. Lawrence High 90; 14. Olathe North 56; 15. SM South 50; 16. Sm West 20; 17. St. Thomas Aquinas 17; 18. Olathe West 13.

LHS/FSHS results

200 medley relay: 6. Free State (Alexander Moore, Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, Matthew Reimer, Brady Flynn), 1:45.60; 20. Free State (Max Bates, Viet Nguyen, Jacob Heinz, John Kelley) 1:57.71; 22. Lawrence (Giuliano Lule-Paredes, Christopher Oral, Ryan Christian, Andrew Augustine) 1:58.18.

200 freestyle: 12. Maxwell Cowardin, LHS, 1:59.61; 30. Nicholas Burket, FS, 2:17.26; 32. Trenton Snyder, LHS, 2:20.63; 35. Gabe Clark, FS, 2:22.41.

200 IM: 2. Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, FS, 2:01.08; 10. Tyler Jones, LHS, 2:13.54; 15. Giuliano Lule-Paredes, LHS, 2:14.82; 30. Viet Nguyen, FS, 2:32.02.

50 free: 5. Brady Flynn, FS, 22.96; 16. Maximillian Whittaker, LHS, 24.15; 21. Christopher Oral, LHS, 24.70; 27. Alexander Moore, FS, 25.31; 39. Andrew Augustine, LHS, 26.28; 41. Max Bates, FS, 26.58; 54. Colton Khatib, LHS, 31.99.

Diving: 2. Elliott Ahlvers, FS, 373.80; 11. Salvador Good, LHS, 288.90; 12. Keyan Crawford, LHS, 275.85.

100 fly: 19. Ryan Christian, LHS, 1:00.65; 21. Jacob Heinz, FS, 1:01.04; 23. Maximillian Whittaker, LHS, 1:01.27; 27. 27. Matthew Reimer, FS, 1:04.09; 36. John Kelley, FS, 1:08.80.

100 free: 4. Brady Flynn, FS, 51.77; 20. Christopher Oral, LHS, 56.36; 30. Nicholas Burket, FS, 59.95; 38. Jack Morse, LHS, 1:01.85; 40. Gabe Clark, FS, 1:02.05.

500 free: 5. Maxwell Cowardin, LHS, 5:18.62; 9. Ryan Christian, LHS, 5:26.73; 10. Tyler Jones, LHS, 5:27.56; 20. Jacob Heinz, FS, 5:41.36.

200 free relay: 8. Free State (Matthew Reimer, John Kelley, Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, Brady Flynn) 1:37.32; 13. Lawrence (Christopher Oral, Maxwell Cowardin, Tyler Jones, Maxmilian Whittaker), 1:40.47.

100 back: 13. Giuliano Lule-Paredes, LHS, 1:01.42; 19. Max Bates, FS, 1:03.23; 24. Alexander Moore, FS, 1:06.33; 30. Matthew Reimer, FS, 1:12.43.

100 breaststroke: 2. Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, FS, 1:00.77; 28. Viet Nguyen, FS, 1:15:01; 35. Chase Reed, LHS, 1:23.64; 36. Owen Polson, FS, 1:23.98; 38. JJ Smith, LHS, 1:25.55.

400 free relay: 11. Lawrence (Ryan Christian, Tyler Jones, Maxwell Cowardin, Maximillian Whittaker) 3:39.25; 18. Free State (John Kelley, Alexander Moore, Max Bates, Jacob Heinz) 3:51.60.

Manhattan quadrangular

Team scores: 1. Manhattan 375; 2. Washburn Rural 356.5; 3. Free State 303.5; 4. Lawrence High 289.

FSHS/LHS results

200 medley relay: 3. Free State (Max Bates, Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, Matthew Reimer, Brady Flynn) 1:51.18; 6. Lawrence (Giuliano Lule-Paredes, Christopher Oral, Ryan Christian, Maximilian Whittaker).

200 freestyle: 2. Tyler Jones, LHS, 1:56.83; 4. Maxwell Cowardin, LHS, 1:59.25; 8. Gabe Clark, FS, 2:21.63; 11. Trenton Snyder, LHS, 2:23.61; 13. Tanner Erwin, FS, 2:41.51; 14. Owen Polson, FS, 2:45.83.

200 IM: 1. Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, FS, 2:08.18; 4. Giuliano Lule-Paredes, LHS, 2:15.33; 8. Max Bates, FS, 2:32.21; 9. Viet Nguyen, FS, 2:34.33; 10. Andrew Augustine, LHS, 2:40.3.

50 freestyle: 4. Brady Flynn, FS, 23.63; 5. Christopher Oral, LHS, 24.66; 7. Maximilian Whittaker, LHS, 24.89; 11. Jack Morse, LHS, 27.26; 13. Nicholas Burket, FS, 27.63; 21. Chase Reed, LHS, 29.56; 25. Drake Ward, FS, 30.26.

100 fly: 2. Tyler Jones, LHS, 59.79; 4. 5. Jacob Heinz, FS, 1:03.35; 7. John Kelley, FS, 1:04.86; 10. Matthew Reimer, FS, 1:06.72.

100 free: 3. Brady Flynn, FS, 51.84; 4. Maximilian Whittaker, LHS, 55.04; 6. Alexander Moore, FS, 57.30; 7. Christopher Oral, LHS, 58.62; 12. Gabe Clark, FS, 1:05.26; 15. JJ Smith, LHS, 1:08.67; 16. Dylan Crawford, FS, 1:08.88; 20. Drake Ward, FS, 1:11.56.

500 freestyle: 4. Maxwell Cowardin, LHS, 5:26.33; 5. Jacob Heinz, FS, 5:50.65; 7. John Kelley, FS, 6:21.81; 9. Trenton Snyder, LHS, 6:46.12; 11. Nicholas Burket, FS, 6:46.71.

200 freestyle relay: 2. Free State (Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, Alexander Moore, Matthew Reimer, Brady Flynn) 1:38.57; 3. Lawrence (Giuliano Lule-Paredes, Tyler Jones, Maxwell Cowardin) 1:40.62.

100 backstroke: 3. Max Bates, FS, 1:05.15; 5. Ryan Christian, LHS, 1:08.34; 7. Alexander Moore, FS, 1:08.75; 11. Jake Signor, LHS, 1:14.13; 12. Matthew Reimer, FS, 1:16.04; 13. Adam Walther, LHS, 1:29.20; 14. Gabriel Oliveira, FS, 1:31.20.

100 breaststroke: 1. Riley Sirimongkhon-Dyck, FS, 1:05.29; 4. Giuliano Lule-Paredes, LHS, 1:09.20; 6. Viet Nguyen, FS, 1:15.27; 11. Gabe Thompson, FS, 1:23.49; 13. Chase Reed, LHS, 1:26.28; 14. Owen Polson, FS, 1:26.39; 15. JJ Smith, FS, 1:28.62.

400 freestyle relay: 4. Lawrence (Tyler Jones, Maxwell Cowardin, Ryan Christian, Maximilian Whittaker) 3:43.23; 5. Free State (John Kelley, Nicholas Burket, Max Bates, Jacob Heinz) 4:01.40.

Cardinals claim 4th, LHS wrestling places 7th

A pair of area wrestling squads were in action this past weekend.

In its home tournament, Eudora placed fourth as a team with 111 points. Lansing won the Eudora Tournament of Champions with a score of 210. Lawrence High, meanwhile, placed seventh with 83.5 points.

The Cardinals had a pair of players finish in the top-two of their respective weight class. Cael Lynch won all four of his matches, improving to 7-0 on the year. Lynch won by a 6-4 decision over Lawrence’s Trey Medina in the first-place match of the 145-pound weight class.

Holden Andrews fell in the championship match of the 138-pound weight class, dropping a 7-2 decision to Wamego’s Adler Pierson. Andrews is now 7-1 on the year after going 3-1 in the event at EHS.

The Lions had three different athletes make it to the first-place match of their respective weight class. Kevin Honas won the 120-pound weight class, ending things by claiming a 9-4 decision over Daylen Borisouth of KC Schlagle. Honas is now 9-2 so far this season.

Jack Elsten, who is 7-2 this year, was a runner-up in the 106-pound weight class. He dropped a 7-6 decision to Olathe North’s Jason Parris in the final match. Medina finished in second place in the 145-pound weight class, moving to 7-3 on the season.

Both teams will square off in dual at 7 p.m. Friday at EHS.

Eudora Tournament of Champions

Team scores: 1. Lansing 210; 2. Ottawa 145; 3. Emporia 139.5; 4. Eudora 111; 5. Wellsville 104.5; 6. Wamego 96.5; 7. Lawrence 83.5; 8. Rossville 81.5; 9. Olathe North 75; 10. KC Piper 70; 11. KC Schlagle 68.5.

LHS results

106: Jack Elsten (7-2) placed 2nd and scored 21.5 team points.

113: Hunter Girard (5-5) placed 8th and scored 7.0 team points.

120: Kevin Honas (9-2) placed 1st and scored 25.0 team points.

126: Zach Razak (3-6) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

132: Danny Parrish (3-3) placed 8th and scored 7.0 team points.

138: William Maas (1-4) placed 6th and scored 3.0 team points.

145: Trey Medina (7-3) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points.

Eudora results

106: Russell Smith (0-6) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

113: Hunter Bradshaw (0-2) place is unknown.

113: Brayden Hayes (0-5) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

120: Joe Faircloth (1-3) placed 6th.

120: Dayton Fraser (6-2) placed 4th and scored 13.0 team points.

126: Larry Gulley (5-3) placed 6th and scored 3.0 team points.

126: Mac Douglas (3-2) placed 8th.

132: Will Schreiner (6-3) placed 5th and scored 3.0 team points.

132: Aaron Brown (2-2) place is unknown.

138: Quinten Greer (0-2) place is unknown.

138: Holden Andrews (7-1) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points.

145: Cael Lynch (7-0) placed 1st and scored 24.0 team points.

145: Jackson Hines (0-2) place is unknown.

152: Dakota Whitaker (5-4) placed 5th and scored 7.0 team points.

152: Aaron Hicks (0-3) place is unknown.

160: Caden West (0-2) place is unknown.

160: Nate Criqui (4-5) placed 4th and scored 13.0 team points.

170: Nick Livengood (0-3) placed 8th.

170: Alex Allison (3-5) placed 6th and scored 6.0 team points.

182: Devon Moncreif (2-6) placed 5th and scored 0.0 team points.

220: Tristen Brecheisen (0-2) placed 4th and scored 7.0 team points.

220: Alec Hopson (1-2) placed 7th.

285: Christopher Huslig (4-5) placed 4th and scored 15.0 team points.

Veritas basketball earns narrow win

The Veritas boys basketball team hung on for a 44-42 victory over St. Mary’s on Saturday afternoon.

After being tied at 7 following the first quarter, VHS claimed a 20-10 lead at the intermission. The Eagles gave up 19 points in the fourth quarter, which ultimately led to the score being closer in the end during their home win.

Will Rau was the only player in double figures for Veritas, scoring 18 points on 4-of-9 shooting. He also recorded nine rebounds and five assists in the win. Brennan Clements and Will Bartkoski each added 8 points.

Veritas travels to Manhattan CHIEF on Monday.

Veritas (44)

Abel Brackenhoff 2, Will Rau 18, Will Bartkoski 8, Lawson Ream 2, Aden-Jay Baker 4, Calvin Clements 2, Brennan Clements 8.