Lawrence Sports

11/05/2026

Photos of Lawrence High, Free State, Baldwin and Eudora Unified Bowling teams during a meet at Royal Crest Lanes earlier this season

📸: Mac Moore

Baldwin has produced 4 top-2 finishes, including 2 tournament victories, over the last 4 weeks. The Bulldogs had their best outing when they bowled a 765 during an Oct. 21 meet at Royal Crest Lanes to take 1st place. Eudora finished 2nd with a 594.

Free State took 3rd at 2 meets so far this season. The Firebirds had their best series score when they posted a 708 during an Oct. 27 meet at Royal Crest Lanes.

Lawrence High had its best outing with a 649 during an Oct. 21 meet at Olathe Lanes East. The Lions finished 1 pin away from 3rd place.

Eudora delivered its top mark of 615 during an Oct. 13 meet at Royal Crest Lanes.

All four teams are gearing up for regionals on Nov. 10. Lawrence, Free State and Eudora will competed at Royal Crest Lanes while Baldwin will head to Let’s Roll Seneca bowling alley in Wichita.

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11/04/2026

Photos of Eudora boys soccer vs. Heritage Christian in the 4-1A state quarterfinals

📸: Mac Moore

Facing the rain and the wind, Eudora weathered Heritage Christian's attack in the early going before ultimately allowing 3 1st-half goals in a 3-0 loss against the Chargers.

Eudora finished the year 12-6-1, winning a Frontier League title in addition to a regional championship.

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11/03/2026

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11/03/2026

Photos of Baldwin, Eudora and Bishop Seabury cross country teams during state at Wamego on Saturday

📸: Simeon Bohlen

Eudora junior Grayson Masterson won an individual state title in the 4A boys race. Masterson ran a 16:09.49, crossing the finish line 11.63 seconds ahead of the runner-up in Buhler's Ryan Cherry. Masterson also set his PR with his time.

Masterson closed out this season with 5 straight 1st-place finishes, which includes league and sub-state races where he also helped lead the Cardinals to team titles.

As a team, Eudora finished 4th at state with a score of 134.

Junior Paul Jacobs finished next for the Cardinals, delivering a time of 17:19.62 to take 20th and join Masterson on the medal stand.

Sophomore Wyatt Johnson finished in 28th with a time of 17:38.28. Junior Caleb Reber crossed at 18:15.23 to finish 51st while senior Will Banz landed in 72nd with a time of 18:48.29.

Sophomore JJ Hardwick ended up in 91st with a time of 19:44.35. Junior Deacon Hurley rounded out the team's performances with his 21:37.40 putting him in 102nd.

Baldwin had 2 runners in the 4A boys race. Junior Landon Whaley finished 71st with a time of 18:47.64 while freshman Andrew Sutton took 89th with a time of 19:22.92.

The Baldwin girls finished as the 4A state runner-up with a score of 69, just 24 back of a 3-peating Buhler. This is the 5th straight year where the Bulldogs have earned a top-3 finish at state.

Senior Shea Griffith led the way by placing 6th with a time of 19:45.31. Griffith has finished in the top 10 at state in each of her 4 seasons of high school. Her best finish was 5th place as a freshman.

Senior Cheyenne Brunker posted a time of 20:02.98 to crack the top 10. Brunker finished 24th last year during her 1st trip to state.

Senior Rachel Watkins joined them on the medal stand as her mark of 20:29.87 earned her 18th place. Watkins previous best finish at state was when she placed 38th during her sophomore year.

Senior Amelia Brewer finished 30th with a time of 21:11.79. Brewer, who previously competed for Free State before transferring to Baldwin this year, had not competed at state before.

Senior Kami Moore took 34th with a time of 21:17.82. Moore finished 23rd as a sophomore and 29th as a junior.

Junior Brighton Graham posted a time of 21:43.33 to finish 45th while sophomore Claire Watkins ended up in 65th with a time of 22:59.90.

The Eudora girls finished 7th in the 4A team race with a score of 175.

Sophomore Emilia Mast led the way for the Cardinals, finishing 25th with a time of 21:00.82. Senior Lizzie Baker crossed at 21:43.47 to take 46th while Leah Barnhart followed at 21:59.35 in 48th.

Junior Fiona Cahill finished 54th with a time of 22:09.69. Junior Gracie Broers landed in 63rd with a time of 22:51.97. Faith Lorenzo and Addy Tharp finished back-to-back in 70th and 71st with times of 23:10.36 and 23:11.71 respectively.

The Seabury girls competed in 1A, ultimately finishing in 12th place.

Junior Corinne Gab ran a time of 23:23.85 to finish in 49th. Sophomore Amelia Rozzi took 63rd with a time of 23:51.24 while sophomore Alina Wilhelm finished 89th with a time of 26:31.68. Senior Aiyeong Jang rounded out the Seahawks' performances with her 28:42.36 mark putting her in 96th.

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11/03/2026

Lawrence Sports Athletes of the Week for Oct. 26 through Nov. 1

📸: Mac Moore

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11/03/2026

Photos of Lawrence High and Free State cross country teams during 6A state at Rim Rock Farms on Saturday

📸: Mac Moore

Free State girls finished 8th with a score of 181, including 2 runners placing in the top 20.

Senior Allie Gates took 15th with a time of 19:09.39, setting her PR. Gates started the year by running a 22:16.68 at the Manhattan Invitational, which was also her personal best at the time. She continued to shave down her time closer to 20 minutes flat. Gates ran sub-20-minute times in each of last 4 races of the season.

Sophomore Taylor Hulcher placed 19th with a time of 19:13.22. Hulcher delivered her best time of the season, and even cut 20 seconds off her time at state last season. She still ended up 5 spots back from her spot on the podium during her freshman campaign. Hulcher is also still chasing another sub-19-minute time after posting her PR of 18:53.20 during the Billy Mills Classic in Fall 2025.

After those top 2 Firebirds, senior Peyton Moore would be the next to cross the finish line and start a rapid succession of Free State runners to follow.

Moore clocked a time of 20:42.90, landing her in 53rd. Sophomore Nadia Karapuda crossed shortly after, not quite able to close the gap on the Washburn Rural runner between her and Moore. Karapuda’s 20:43.64 was good enough for 55th. Sophomore Beau Hulcher was a few seconds back, but also 2 spots back as she ended up a fraction of a second behind a Derby runner. Hulcher finished 57th with her time of 20:47.35.

Sophomore Ellie Dunn ended up at the back of the next pack of runners, finishing with a time of 20:56.76 to take 62nd. Senior Grace Christline rounded out the Free State performances in the girls race by finishing 77th with a time of 21:40.86.

As Free State’s lone runner in the 6A boys race, senior Anderson Bateman ran a time of 16:59.86 to finish in 44th. At last year’s state meet, Bateman ran a similar time of 16:58.16 to finish 38th.

Lawrence High finished 10th in the 6A boys race with a score of 233.

Senior Oliver Schwartz delivered the team’s top performance, finishing 33rd with a time of 16:46.66.

Schwartz was not quite able to replicate the same end-of-year peak that he delivered each of the last two seasons. Last season, Schwartz improved his time by more than 20 seconds from league to regionals and again from regionals to state, when he posted his PR of 16:10.97 to take 7th.

This year, Schwartz made a 12-second improvement from league to sub-state, but was not able to push that time down again. Even a repeat of last year’s time would have only placed him on the edge of the top 10 in an extremely stacked field in 6A.

Senior Riley Swart crossed next for the Lions, finishing in 56th with a time of 17:11.19. Senior Garrett Rhea found himself stuck in the middle of pack of 11 runners crossing in the next 10 seconds after Swart did. Rhea posted a time of 17:18.56 to take 64th.

Senior Rohan Mulhern crossed at 17:39.34 to finish in 75th. Junior Logan Druen finished next as he took 83rd with a time of a 18:01.58. Sophomore Murphy Berquist-Haxton clocked in at 18:10.56 to land in 87th.

Senior Lawson Donly rounded out the Lawrence High performances in the 6A boys race with a time of 18:15.51 to finish 90th.

Lawrence High had 2 runners in the 6A girls race. Junior Chloe Griffith led the way with a time of 20:49.69, putting her in 59th place. Griffith’s time marked her new PR, shaving off 3 seconds from her previous best from the Seaman Invite on Oct. 3.

Senior Hayley Swart crossed next at 21:34.05 to finish in 75th. After spending her last 3 years cutting her time at regionals down to just under 24 minutes and 40-plus spots away from earning a trip to state, Swart delivered a PR during this year’s sub-state race with a time of 21:15.77.

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11/02/2026

Photos of Eudora boys soccer vs. Maranatha Christian Academy in the regional finals on Thursday

📸: Mac Moore

After a stalemate through most of the match, Eudora's Grant Hurla notched the game-winning goal in the final 10 minutes to deliver a 1-0 victory.

The Cardinals will face Heritage Christian Academy in the state quarterfinals 6 p.m. Tuesday at Spring Hill High School.

Eudora High School Athletics

11/02/2026

Photos from Free State volleyball during pool play of 6A state on Thursday

📸: Mac Moore

In Free State's 1st match, the team took a bit to warm up, which allowed Blue Valley to steal the 1st set on the way to a 25-22, 17-25, 25-16 win for the Tigers.

The Firebirds wanted to shrug off the loss to Blue Valley, but they found themselves down a set once again. This time Free State not only evened things up by winning the 2nd set, but also took the 3rd set to win the match 21-25, 25-21, 25-22.

Already going 1-1 in 3-set thrillers to start the day, the Firebirds had their biggest challenge still yet to go. Free State finished the day with an (at the time) undefeated Mill Valley team.

Free State fired out to a fast start in the opening set and took an early 6-3 advantage. But the Jaguars were able to cut short any chance for extended scoring runs by the Firebirds. Mill Valley pulled back even and then into the lead on the way to a 25-20 victory.

Free State was unable to replicate then same early success in the 2nd set, while the Jaguars seemed to get stronger after every point as they took that set 25-12 to finish the sweep.

Free State ended the year 26-9. Senior Anniston Clark led the team with 373 kills and 109 total blocks. Senior Tessa Nover-Estes finished with 820 assists of the team’s 995 assists this season. Sophomore Brinley Whitney led the team in digs with 358 and aces with 68.

The team had 4 players other than Clark reach triple digits in kills this season: senior Daisy Devlin (187), freshman Bryna Clark (157), Nover-Estes (119) and sophomore Grace Toner (103).

Free State Athletics and Activities

11/02/2026