The Free State wrestling team won the Sunflower League meet at Shawnee Mission West on Saturday with 220.5 points, 52.5 points ahead of second-place Gardner Edgerton. “It’s awesome to win the league,” Free State coach Randy Streeter said. “We’ve only won the league twice in the last ...
Lawrence and Free State’s girls wrestling teams competed in the Sunflower League meet on Friday. The Lions finished eighth with 64.5 points, and the Firebirds took ninth with 52.0 points. Both schools had four wrestlers place in the top six of their weight classes, and each team had a girl ...
Lou Elsten’s first high school win came his freshman year against ranked wrestler Roman Clouse from Gardner Edgerton. It was his first dual of the year. “I knew he was really good,” Elsten said. “I think it was tied 1-1 in the third period, and I ended up pinning him. My first one was ...
The Lawrence boys and girls basketball teams traveled to Shawnee Mission West for a Sunflower League match on Wednesday, and both programs came away with wins. The Lions won close in the girls game, 37-36, and by double digits in the boys game, 51-39. The LHS girls had a slow start to the ...
Five Lawrence High School football players officially signed their college letters on Wednesday during National Signing Day. Linebacker Jah’ir Johnson signed with Coffeyville Community College, linebacker Ben Marker signed with Peru State, defensive back Darren Riccardo signed with ...
Over the course of the week, local high school basketball teams competed in tournaments, while other sports concluded their regular seasons. Throughout the competition, numerous local athletes had impactful performances for their teams. Here are this week's Journal-World Athletes of the ...