Substate assignments have been released for all area basketball teams as the postseason begins. At the 6A level, Lawrence competes in the East region, while Free State competes in the West. The Lawrence boys basketball team (6-14) enters as the No. 15 seed against No. 2 Shawnee Mission ...
Former Free State wrestlers Matthew Marcum and Eric Streeter have qualified for the NJCAA National Championships. Marcum (197-pound weight class) and Streeter (149-pound weight class) graduated from Free State in 2023 as state champions with over 100 high school wins and joined the Labette ...
Former Free State Firebird and current Northwest Missouri State Bearcat Caely Kesten hit 1,000 career points in college with a 21-point game against Rogers State on February 8. Kesten joined the Bearcats in the 2020-21 season, starting nine games and appearing in 17. She started seven of her ...
Bishop Seabury center Chase Honarvar is on pace to break the Kansas high school career block record. Honarvar has 414 career blocks, including a 10-block game in a 66-60 win over Heritage Christian Academy, and is averaging around seven blocks a game. The current record holder, Jarrett ...
Missouri State guard and Lawrence High School graduate Zaxton King has already carved out an essential role for the Bears as a true freshman. King has started all 18 games this season, averaging almost 10 points per game. Lately, King has played some of his best basketball. Against the ...
Several high school teams were slated to return to competition in the winter sports season during the first full week of January. The blizzard that hit northeast Kansas altered many schedules, and schools have started to readjust. For the two Lawrence 6A schools, only Lawrence High School had ...