Lawrence High softball never stepped off the gas in a 13-3 home win over Shawnee Mission South on Thursday, with the Lions holding their foes scoreless until the fourth inning and piling on insurance late in the game. Freshman starter Sophie Rowley led the Lions (2-2) to a hot start, allowing ...
Filling the shoes of long-gone senior arms is a routine task for any high school baseball team and a regular part of the job according to Free State coach Mike Hill. But when those shoes belong to last year’s Class 6A Pitcher of the Year where do you begin? Senior righty Tyler Vigna, who ...
The Lawrence High softball team beat Shawnee Mission Northwest 14-7 on the road on Tuesday, recording 13 hits and just one error. SM Northwest took an early 1-0 lead, but it didn’t last long. The Lions (1-2) jumped out to a seven-run lead by the end of the fourth. And although SM Northwest ...
A Class 6A state wrestling title just wasn’t enough for Free State senior Matthew Marcum. Marcum (220 pounds) became the first wrestler from Lawrence to secure a national title this past weekend, besting three-time North Carolina state champion Caleb Beaty 6-2 in the championship round of ...
In a game where every goal was scored within just four minutes, the Free State girls soccer team fell short to Topeka-Hayden 2-1 at home on Monday night. Free State (0-2) played hard defense right from the kickoff, holding the Wildcats to a single shot by senior defender Noelia Cruz late in ...
The Lawrence High girls track and field team finished first overall at its first meet of the season, the Topeka West Invitational, on Thursday at Hummer Sports Park. The LHS boys placed fourth at the meet, just four points behind Emporia. Individually, senior Natalie Kennedy took first in ...