Lawrence High

LHS football falls 42-34 on the road to Olathe North in first loss of the season

For the first time this season, the Lions started from behind. The LHS football team has succeeded in scoring early. They took a 21-7 lead over Junction City after the first quarter and started with a 21-0 lead and a 7-0 lead over Shawnee Mission South. But on Friday night, that wasn’t the ...

Free State gets road 4-2 win in boys soccer City Showdown over LHS

A wind came through the Lawrence High School soccer field almost immediately at the start of the Thursday night match between Lawrence and Free State high schools. Cracks of electricity danced through the clouds, while the full benches were split with the east side sporting green and the west ...

Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Peyton Wright and Banks Bowen

The third week of the fall sports season is almost over, and with that come the weekly athlete selections from the Journal-World sports staff. Here are this week's selections: Peyton Wright, Baldwin High School Wright has been one of the best golfers in the state this year and continued that ...

LHS football physicality powers Lions to road win over Junction City, 69-56

Junction City — About halfway through the third quarter, the Lions were unstoppable running the ball. “It's a great feeling to score 69 points like that,” quarterback Banks Bowen said. “For our offense to execute like that, it’s nice. We just have to make some plays on defense, and ...

Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Harper Jay and Ethan Smasal

The fall sports season is in week two and so are the Journal-World's weekly selections of one boy and one girl who stood out over the course of the week's athletic competitions. Here are this week's selections: Harper Jay, Lawrence High School The Lawrence High School tennis team went 11-1 on ...