Earlier this week, Kansas linebacker and Lawrence native Cole Mondi became one of the country’s first walk-ons to capitalize on the NCAA’s new name, image and likeness rules. The former Lawrence High football star who is in his first year with the KU football program agreed to an NIL deal ...
Fresh off a busy June, Lawrence High senior Noah Smith received a scholarship offer from Southeast Missouri State on Tuesday to rejuvenate his recruiting situation. It was the first offer of the summer for Smith, who was contacted by the other schools on his college list this past spring. ...
Lawrence High’s boys soccer team will look like a brand new squad when the 2021 campaign begins this fall. The Lions have a new coach in Brandon Daley, who took over the program this offseason after spending eight years as the junior varsity coach. They will have a new scheme. And LHS will ...
Local track athletes from Lawrence High and Free State earned league honors when All-Sunflower League teams were released following the 2021 campaign. The first team was highlighted by Free State’s boys 4x800-meter relay squad, which went undefeated this past spring and won a Class 6A state ...
Mike Gillman, a former track, wrestling and football coach who recently served as an administrator at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School, will soon take over as Lawrence High School's athletic director, the school district announced Monday. Gillman, who has worked in the district for 16 ...
Athlete of the year: Ben Shryock, Free State Shryock was the only male athlete in the Lawrence area to earn an individual state crown this season — the Class 6A 3,200-meter run, which he won with a school-record time of 9:15.01. He was also on Free State’s 4x800-meter relay team, which won ...