The Journal-World All-Area teams are carefully selected by the Journal-World sports staff. Coach of the Year: Joe Comparato, Lawrence The Lawrence boys soccer team had one of its best seasons in recent history, entering the playoffs with the sixth seed in the 6A East with an 11-4-1 ...

Olathe — The Lawrence and Free State girls wrestling teams competed in their second tournament of the season on Saturday, with the Firebirds placing eighth and the Lions 16th. Free State scored 113.5 points in the tournament with Firebirds winning the 120-pound weight class and the 120-pound ...

For the first time since girls wrestling became a KSHSAA sanctioned sport, the Free State and Lawrence girls wrestling teams faced off in a tournament, rather than in practice. Girls wrestling has been growing in popularity at Lawrence and Free State, but for the first few years of the sport, ...

Leavenworth — Free State and Lawrence’s girls wrestling teams returned to the mat for competition on Saturday with the 5th Annual Leavenworth Challenger. Free State placed fifth while scoring 240.0 points, and Lawrence finished 12th with 120.5 points. There were 18 teams in the tournament. ...

Leavenworth — Free State wrestling is back in session to defend its Sunflower League title with a new-look team that started its season with a dual and a tournament in Leavenworth. So far, Free State coach Randy Streeter has seen a lot of growth from his team. “We’re super young — I ...

The winter sports season began as Lawrence and Free State's basketball teams saw action for the first time this season, and several local athletes performed at a high level. Here are this week's selections for Athletes of the Week: Morgan McClorey, Free State McClorey is a freshman on Free ...