January is almost over, and the winter sports season is coming up on its final stretch as teams prepare for the postseason. With that, several local athletes had performances of note for their teams over the week. Here are this week's Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Cooper Carr, ...
Josh Galbreath closely followed Devin Neal’s career when Neal made the two-mile move from Lawrence High School to the University of Kansas. Galbreath’s older brother, Eric, played alongside Neal at Lawrence. The younger Galbreath saw Neal, a three-sport athlete for the Lions, become a ...
Fresh off a productive tournament in Topeka last week, the Lawrence boys basketball team (3-7) returned home Tuesday to host Sumner Academy and won 64-56. Lawrence had a slow start to their night on offense. Senior guard Aden Ramirez was the only Lion to hit a field goal for the first quarter, ...
The Kansas football team stayed local once again to recruit another member of its freshman class of 2026. Late on Saturday night, Lawrence High's Joshua Galbreath announced that he will join the Jayhawks. Galbreath is a three-star linebacker prospect at 6-foot-3 and 205 pounds who had offers ...
Topeka — Lawrence finished the 64th Topeka Invitational Tournament fourth of eight teams after the Lions lost 64-54 Saturday to Olathe East in the third-place game. The Lions finished 1-2 in the tournament, and coach Nick Wood saw plenty of positives in the three-day tournament and a lot to ...
Topeka — The most important thing for the Lawrence boys basketball coach to see in the 64th Topeka Invitational Tournament was an identity. It showed in Thursday’s win over Wichita Southeast, and again Friday, despite a 52-41 loss to Highland Park. “We’re continuing to evolve as a ...