On the surface, there wasn’t a lot on the line in the latest installment of the City Showdown. That didn’t seem to matter when Free State and Lawrence High took the field Friday night at Hoglund Ballpark, however. FSHS struck first with three runs in the opening frame, but had to stave off ...
Bishop Seabury junior Grayson Rader can’t help but think about his first state tournament. Two years ago, Rader qualified as part of a doubles team along with a senior at the time. The duo went 1-2 at the Class 3-2-1A boys tennis state tournament before exiting, but it marked the first time ...
Bragging rights will be the only thing on the line Friday night. Well, that and perceived momentum heading into the postseason. With regional assignments released and a Sunflower League title decided, there isn’t as much at stake for the city baseball teams in the regular-season finale. Yet ...
The postseason is right around the corner for area baseball and softball teams. Regional brackets were released Wednesday morning, as postseason action will begin next week. Multiple area teams will be vying for a state berth, including a pair of city baseball teams that earned the opportunity ...
The final City Showdown of the regular season in the 2018-19 school year was pushed back one day. Free State and Lawrence High were scheduled to play at 6 p.m. Thursday for the regular-season finale, but is now slated for 6 p.m. Friday at Hoglund Ballpark. Bragging rights will be the only ...
After the final leg of the Sunflower League Championship, Free State’s boys golf team secured a third-place finish. FSHS placed fourth at the Olathe North Invitational Monday afternoon, shooting a 319 team score at the Falcon Ridge Golf Course. Shawnee Mission East (291), Olathe East (297) ...
On senior night, the Lawrence softball team gave up an early lead to fall to Shawnee Mission North by a 10-7 margin Tuesday night at LHS. The Lions finished their regular season 3-17, including a 3-9 record in the Sunflower League. “This has been a really good group of senior kids, ...
The Lawrence High softball team suffered two losses during a doubleheader Monday at Blue Valley Northwest. In the first game, LHS was tied at 5-5 before giving up 11 runs over the next frames in a 16-5 loss. Lawrence had a chance to tie the game up in the seventh in the nightcap, dropping a ...
When Lawrence High baseball coach Brad Stoll and pitching coach Adam Green sat down ahead of the season to map out the Lions’ potential lineups, they were worried about the LHS pitching staff, just because they thought it may be too thin. As they looked at potential starting pitchers, senior ...
For the second consecutive season, the Veritas baseball team will come home with a state title. VHS cruised to a 14-4 victory over Wichita Home School Saturday afternoon in St. Mary’s during the championship game of the KCAA state tournament. It is the third such title for the Eagles in ...
OLATHE — After going undefeated in the regular season, it only made sense for Lawrence High girls swim and dive coach Kent McDonald to have his team practice winning prior to the Sunflower League meet, which concluded Saturday at Summit Trail Middle School. McDonald had the Lions practice a ...
As soon as the soccer ball touched the back of the net, Lawrence High senior Anna Chieu sprinted toward the student section. Lawrence head coach Matt McCune joked afterward “that it was faster than she ran all game.” The rest of Chieu’s teammates followed her to the fans at the edge of ...
It was a monumental accomplishment for the Firebirds. Free State’s baseball team and the FSHS softball team won a Sunflower League title in the same year for the third time in school history. They previously did it in 2005 and 2006, the only two years the softball squad has won the league. ...
For the second consecutive night, Free State’s baseball team secured an 8-1 win over a Sunflower League foe. FSHS (16-3, No. 1 in Class 6A) scored five runs in the first two innings en route to a comfortable win over Shawnee Mission North at home Thursday night. It was enough for Free State ...
Free State handled Shawnee Mission South in an 8-1 home victory Wednesday night to get back in the win column. The Firebirds (15-3, No. 1 in Class 6A) were coming off a 5-3 loss to Olathe East last week, which snapped a 14-game win streak. Free State recorded nine hits as a team, holding ...
For a brief moment during Free State’s 13-0, five-inning victory over Lawrence High on Wednesday afternoon at FSHS, Free State coach Lee Ice thought about pulling pitcher Tatum Clopton. “You can’t ruin a perfect game like that,” Ice said. Instead, Clopton, who had retired 12 batters ...
Seven posters hang up on the wall in the back-right corner of the Lawrence High pool. Every season, the LHS girls swim and dive team creates these posters with handwritten goals plastered on them. Multiple swimmers contribute to each poster, which typically features a nice blend of personal ...
Another City Showdown has been postponed due to inclement weather. One day after Tuesday’s softball matchup between Lawrence High and Free State was pushed back one day, LHS announced that the soccer game originally scheduled for Tuesday was also going to be postponed. FSHS and Lawrence will ...
Free State junior Mitchell Spriggs knew it was going to be a good day when he recorded a chip-in from approximately 50 yards out on the sixth hole. Spriggs also birdied on the first hole, as he found a way to post the best performance of his career in chilly temperatures Monday afternoon at ...