Lawrence High's boys basketball team has played in the Topeka Invitational Tournament for 49 years. On Saturday, the Lions will try to repeat as champions for the first time in school history. After a four-point win over Wichita Southeast in the quarterfinals, the Lions ramped it up a ...

Entering Thursday, Free State High's boys basketball team had lost three of its past four games, but nobody was complaining about its defense. The Firebirds were holding teams well below their scoring averages, but just couldn't find ways to score enough points to win games. In a ...

Lawrence High's boys basketball team has faced some highly ranked teams this season, and have beat all of them. But Friday's matchup against Olathe East had a little different feel to it. The Lions got some revenge for their sub-state title loss last year by [winning 72-55][1], but I ...

Nobody was pushing the panic button, but Free State High's boys basketball players were relieved by their victory over Leavenworth on Tuesday. Finally, the offense got back on track. The Firebirds stepped up in the second half and scored in a variety of ways, finding players cutting to ...

Lawrence High's boys basketball team showed how much it can dominate on both sides of the ball this week. On Tuesday, the Lions shot 71 percent from the field (30 of 42) in a rout against Leavenworth. On Friday, they let their defense do the talking [in a 72-41 victory over Olathe ...

Free State High's girls basketball team has three forwards — senior Sarah Coversup, sophomore Madison Piper and senior Adriana Jadlow — who are matchup nightmares for opposing teams and they all can score in quick bursts. When one of the three has an off night, the other two usually ...