The winter sports season began as Lawrence and Free State's basketball teams saw action for the first time this season, and several local athletes performed at a high level. Here are this week's selections for Athletes of the Week: Morgan McClorey, Free State McClorey is a freshman on Free ...

Leavenworth — The Lawrence boys basketball team got a good look at itself and other teams on Wednesday night in a preseason jamboree against Atchison and Leavenworth at Leavenworth High School. The Lions played two games with three six-minute periods and played all 15 Lions who made the trip ...

National Signing Day in Lawrence meant two local athletes signed their letters of intent to join their future Division I football teams, securing their dreams of playing college football. Free State offensive tackle Braden Wilmes signed his letter of intent to play for Clemson with a crowd of ...

As the Lawrence girls basketball team prepares for the upcoming season, a few things have stood out about practices — chief among them is the team’s selfless attitude both on and off the court. “Everybody is positive, everybody is picking each other up, everybody is playing hard,” ...

Tahj Edwards was at a low point in his football career just over a month ago, when, as a senior, he tore his ACL and meniscus late in the second-to-last game of the regular season. The injury prevented him from being on the field for Lawrence’s lone win of the season, and it prevented the ...

Bailey Johnson had always been told that he should play football. Johnson, a longtime lacrosse player, came to high school with the height and size to be a star along in the trenches. He acquiesced and joined the Lawrence football team his freshman year, and that decision, as he put it, “has ...