Since Carl Springer took over as the head coach of the Lawrence girls wrestling program, mental health has been a consistent point of focus for the team. This year, each day, the team carves time out of practice to journal, and wrestlers on the team make time to talk about their mental ...
The winter sport season continued into its second week with more sports getting started, and several local athletes have had high-level performances early on. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Jace Hoffman, Bishop Seabury Hoffman has been the leading ...
Basketball returned to the Lawrence High School gymnasium on Tuesday with a girls game against Topeka West and a boys game against Kansas City East. Both Lawrence teams came away with big wins in the home opener, as the girls won 77-46 and the boys won 66-51. The Lawrence girls were first to ...
Leavenworth — Free State and Lawrence’s girls wrestling teams returned to the mat for competition on Saturday with the 5th Annual Leavenworth Challenger. Free State placed fifth while scoring 240.0 points, and Lawrence finished 12th with 120.5 points. There were 18 teams in the tournament. ...
Kansas City — Lawrence boys basketball started its season with a resounding 82-19 win over JC Harmon on the road Friday. It took a few minutes and a few shot attempts for Lawrence to settle in, but once the Lions saw some shots fall through the net, the levee broke. “I saw us be unselfish ...