For the last two years, the backs of the state wrestling shirts for Lawrence and Free State were spacious, with only two names printed. The shirts this year will look fuller as nine wrestlers qualified between the two schools. Six Lawrence girls qualified for state in the 6A East regional at ...
Lawrence hosted Olathe Northwest in boys and girls basketball and lost both games. The girls lost 56-49, and the boys lost 66-56. The Lions utilized their size early on. The team consistently fed sophomore center Cami Nauholz the ball, and she scored the first 10 points. When other Lions took ...
This past weekend featured three Sunflower League Championships in boys swimming and diving, girls wrestling and boys wrestling. At these tournaments, local area athletes competed and starred in various events. Here are this week's Journal-World Athletes of the Week selections: Lou Elsten, ...
Former Free State Firebird and current Northwest Missouri State Bearcat Caely Kesten hit 1,000 career points in college with a 21-point game against Rogers State on February 8. Kesten joined the Bearcats in the 2020-21 season, starting nine games and appearing in 17. She started seven of her ...
Both Lawrence High School basketball teams struggled on Tuesday night with blowout losses to Shawnee Mission South at home. The Lawrence girls basketball team had a hard time defending Shawnee Mission South in their game. The Raiders entered the game with a 6-1 conference record, tied for ...
Free State’s boys swim team finished fourth in the Sunflower League Championships at the Shawnee-Mission School District Aquatic Center with 224 points, while the Lawrence team placed ninth with 131 points. Free State’s 200-yard medley relay team placed seventh at 1 minute, 45.22 seconds. ...