Lawrence High

Area hoops squads capitalizing on new preseason scrimmage rules

No score was kept, but all three schools – Lawrence High, Eudora High and Gardner Edgerton – benefited from a newly allowed preseason scrimmage on Tuesday night in Eudora. Until this season, the Kansas State High School Activities Association prohibited teams from hosting such events before ...

Area soccer standouts make All-League lists

Fifteen total members of the Free State and Lawrence High boys soccer teams appeared on the All-Sunflower League team, the league revealed over the weekend. Four of those area names made the first-team cut, including FSHS junior midfielder JJ Zheng, senior defender Utah Hester and junior ...

Former Lawrence High stars put their spin on storied Baker-Benedictine rivalry

Two former Lawrence High quarterback greats have circled back to one another as the college football season winds down. Benedictine College’s Jackson Dooley (LHS ‘21) and Baker University’s Truman Juelsgaard (LHS ‘22), who both ended their high school careers under former head coach ...

LHS football suffers another playoff loss at the hands of Derby, 48-6

Derby — The Lawrence High Chesty Lions may have scored the first touchdown of the night during the 6A regional playoffs Friday in Derby, but the Panthers soon took over, moving on to the sectional round and ending Lawrence’s season, 48-6. The Lions (7-3) scored first on a 42-yard strike ...

Preview: Heavy test awaits LHS Friday night against high-ranked Derby

It’ll be no easy task when No. 6 Lawrence High travels to No. 3 Derby High for the second round of the 6A state football playoffs on Friday, but it’ll be another opportunity for the Chesty Lions and head coach Clint Bowen to snap a postseason losing streak against the Panthers. The last ...

LHS slips by Dodge City 23-20 in first-round 6A playoff battle

It wasn’t pretty, but No. 6 seed Lawrence High toughed out a 23-20 win over No. 11 seed Dodge City in the first round of the 6A state football playoff on Friday night at home. Trailing 13-10 at halftime, the Chesty Lions (7-2) went toe-to-toe with the Red Demons (3-6) right down to the ...