John Ely worked in the admissions office as a student at Baker University and would often give football recruits tours, which would often include watching film with the Baker coaches that Ely would sit in on. Eventually, he asked a question. “I started asking questions, and next thing you ...
HALSTEAD — Lawrence boys basketball finished with back-to-back wins in the Adolph Rupp Classic at Halstead High School, including a win over Winfield to take fifth-place in the tournament on Friday. “This was a great tournament for us,” Lawrence coach Nick Wood said. “Our goal coming ...
The Lawrence swim and dive team celebrated senior night with a home meet win over Hayden, Olathe North, Topeka and Topeka West. Lawrence led all teams with 401 points, beating Olathe North by 75 points. Lawrence coach Elle Weber said the team showed depth in the meet, which helped the team get ...
The winter sports season is reaching its last month, and local teams are having senior nights for some teams' final home events of the season. In those events, local athletes showed out with big performances on memorable nights. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the ...
Free State’s boys and girls wrestling teams spoiled Lawrence’s senior night with two dual wins, but the Lions came away with confidence after pulling off big wins, particularly from the seniors. The boys wrestling dual ended with the Firebirds winning 45-31. Free State has dominated the ...