photo by: David Rodish/Journal-World

Eddie Roman Nose passes the ball to the wing during the Lawrence boys basketball team's 78-38 season opening win over JC Harmon on Friday at Lawrence High School.

Several high school teams were slated to return to competition in the winter sports season during the first full week of January. The blizzard that hit northeast Kansas altered many schedules, and schools have started to readjust.

For the two Lawrence 6A schools, only Lawrence High School had to postpone a contest. The Lions were set to host Shawnee Mission Northwest on Friday, but that game has been delayed. Lawrence basketball coach Nick Wood told the Journal-World that no date had been decided as of Friday night, and no announcement was made the following day. A bowling invitational at Royal Crest Lanes in Lawrence was postponed from Friday to Jan. 17.

Free State managed to play two home basketball games against Gardner Edgerton on Friday.

The Frontier League teams were harder hit, as those schools had more games scheduled at the start of the week. Baldwin and Tonganoxie’s basketball games from Tuesday were postponed. The boys will play games on Jan. 30, and the girls will play on Feb. 6. Baldwin and Eudora’s basketball games from Friday have been postponed, and no new date has been set on the Frontier League website as of Saturday night.

Eudora postponed a series of boys and girls basketball games against Paola from Jan. 7 to Feb. 24.

FSHS, LHS wrestlers compete in Dodge City tournament

Free State and Lawrence wrestling teams returned to the mat with a two-day wrestling tournament in Dodge City. The Firebirds placed fourth, scoring 186.5 points, and the Lions finished 16th with 56.0 points.

Free State’s Quinton Hice placed third in the 106-pound class with a 9-6 decision win. Michael Hernandez finished 10th in the 113-pound class. A pin put him in the ninth-place match, but he lost in a 12-9 sudden victory. Brayden Wilcox took seventh in the 120-pound weight class with an 11-9 decision win. Drew Streeter placed sixth in the 126-pound weight class after going 7-2 to reach the fifth-place match. There, he lost in a 4-0 decision to take sixth.

Coghlan Odom, a sophomore, was one of the younger Firebirds who reached a consolation match. He finished eighth in the 132-pound weight class after going 5-2 before the consolation bracket. In the 144-pound weight class, Otto Reese was the runner-up. He had a technical fall to reach the first-place match but lost by a pin.

Gabe Swoyer placed fourth in the 157-pound weight class with a 6-1 record to reach the top bracket. He lost his next two matches to finish fourth. Grayson Hagen had a similar path in the 165-pound weight class, going 6-1 to reach the top bracket, where he lost the next two matches to take fourth.

Kael Robinson took 11th in the 175-pound weight class with a pin in under 30 seconds. Zane Shaw reached the top bracket of the 190-pound weight class but finished fourth after being pinned twice. Blaine Larkin placed third in the 215-pound weight class with a 7-2 record throughout the tournament.

In the heavyweight class, sophomore Xander Swoyer finished as the runner-up with four pins to take the top spot in the top bracket. He reached the first-place match with two more pins but lost in the final match.

As for the Lawrence Lions, Lou Elsten placed second in the 120-pound weight class with pins in seven of his nine matches to put him in the first-place match. Elsten lost in a 4-1 decision in the first-place match. Junior Jadin Harrell took third in the 190-pound weight class, winning the match with a 46-second pin. Harrell finished 8-1 overall in the tournament.

Reece Meyer placed eighth after losing in a 6-3 decision in the seventh-place match after winning three matches to get to that side of the bracket. Galen Dewhirst went 3-7 and advanced to the 15th-place match, winning with a pin in just over 2 minutes.