Lawrence Sports

06/04/2026

Photos of Eudora track and field team at the state meet last weekend

📸: Mac Moore

Eudora’s boys team earned a 5th-place finish in Class 4A, while the Cardinals also took 7th on the girls side.

The Eudora boys 4x100-meter relay won a 4A state title as Hayden Marsh, Preston White, Lyrik Langley and Cameren Tice ran a 42.55 to hold off runner-up Andale at 42.64. The Cardinals had also earned the top time in prelims, that time 0.20 seconds ahead of same upset-minded quartet.

Tice also delivered a state runner-up finish in the 200 meter dash and a 3rd-place finish in the 100 meter.

Joining Tice as state runners-up, Brady Von Holten took 2nd in the boys discus while Brenika Rader did the same in the girls high jump.

Faith Lorenzo, Brynn Deterding, Addison Lewis and Izzy Brunkow delivered the team a 3rd-place finish in the girls 4x400 relay. Deterding took 3rd in the 300-meter hurdles while Brunkow achieved the same in the pole vault. Brunkow also anchored the girls 4x100 relay as Bailey Hammerschmidt, Lewis and Avery Warren joined her to finish 5th in that race.

Cage Crabill earned a 4th-place finish in the boys shot put.

George Hagan and Grayson Masterson both earned 5th-place medals, Hagan in the boys triple jump and Masterson in the boys 3200 meter. Masterson added to his collection with a 7th-place finish in the 1600 meter.

Rounding out Eudora’s medals haul, Brock Long took to the podium for the boys discus while Colton Bowser did so in the boys pole vault. Both Long and Bowser placed 5th in their respective events.

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06/04/2026

Photos of the Baldwin, Perry-Lecompton track and field teams at the state meet last weekend

📸: Mac Moore

Baldwin:

Baldwin girls earned a 3rd-place finish in the 4A team race, while the boys finished 11th.

Kami Moore finished state with 3 gold medals, including 2 as a member of a relay team.

Shea Griffith, Irelyn Kennedy, Rachel Watkins and Moore won in the girls 4x800-meter relay, setting the new state meet record for 4A with the time of 9:27.47.

The Baldwin girls 4x400 relay team also took 1st as Griffith, Cheyenne Brunker, Watkins and Moore finished with a time of 4:00.09. The quartet had run a 3:58.59 in the prelims.

Moore also won the 800 meter with a time of 2:16.90. Griffith finished the race 1.51 seconds later to take 2nd.

Kennedy rounded out the Bulldogs’ gold medal performances by winning the 1600 meter with a time of 5:07.87. Kennedy also took runner-up in the 3200 meter.

Ivy Holloman took 8th in the 300-meter hurdles.

On the boys side, Brendan O’Connor took runner-up in the shot put, while also finishing 4th in the discus.

Ethan Smasal, Wrigley Hamrick, Jackson Rood and Kasey Hamrick took 3rd in the 4x400. Smasal, Tucker Flory, Wrigley Hamrick and Kasey Hamrick finished 4th in the 4x800. Kasey Hamrick added to his medal haul by finishing 8th in the 400 meter.

Perry-Lecompton:

Perry-Lecompton saw five individuals and a relay team reach the medals podium. The Kaws also took 7th in the 3A team race on the girls side.

Emmy Reed, Tatum Calovich, Jolie Corcoran and Macie Corcoran earned a state runner-up finish in the girls 4x400.

Reed also took runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles. Macie Corcoran finished right behind her in that race, taking 3rd in that event and in the 100-meter hurdles.

Amos Brakenhoff earned a 5th-place finish in the boys javelin. Jolie Corcoran took 8th in the girls long jump.

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06/04/2026

Photos of Lawrence High, Free State track and field teams at the state meet last weekend

📸: Mac Moore

Free State:

Free State girls finished tied for 5th in the 6A team race, landing just 5 points away from a top-3 finish.

Sadie Reynolds led the way with her state championship in the girls discus, her second straight year as the 6A champ in this event. Reynolds won with her best throw of 145 feet, 4 inches. She’ll return as a senior next year, looking to improve upon her PR of 151 feet, 2 inches from the state meet in 2025. Reynolds got close to matching that back in late April when she had a throw of 151 feet, 1 inch at the Firebird-hosted Leitel Legacy Invitational.

Beatrice Essman and Parker Jones earned state runner-up finishes.

Essman took 2nd in the girls 400-meter dash with a time of 58.07. She would have need to match her 56.85 from prelims to have bested the eventual champ, as Blue Valley’s Maria Portela ran a 56.98 in the finals. Both runners are juniors.

Jones took 2nd in the girls long jump with a leap 18 feet, 5.75 inches. She ended up 5.25 inches short of winning mark by Olathe North’s Sienna Wesley.

Grace Toner took 3rd in the girls 800-meter race. Toner also took 7th in the 1600 meter and anchored Free State in the 4x800, taking 8th alongside Taylor Hulcher, Mady Whitney and Nadia Karapuda.

Hulcher ended with a collection of medals as well. In addition to the 4x800 finish, Hulcher earned 5th running the 2nd leg of the 4x400 alongside Aiyanna Moss, Peyton Moore, Essman. Moss also took 5th in the 400 meter.

On the boys side, Toby Kwan took 5th in the long jump. Jasper Hansen Terry finished with a pair of medals, one as individual and one as a member of the team’s 4x800 relay. Anderson Bateman, Nicholas Johnson, Joseph Clossen and Hansen Terry finished 7th in that relay. Hansen Terry also finished 8th in the 800 meter.

Lawrence High:

Lawrence High put three individual competitors and one relay team on the podium.

Tyler Dye delivered the Lions best finish by placing 3rd in boys javelin. Layla Simmons had the best finish on the girls side as she took 4th in the long jump. Devin Foster took 6th in the boys shot put.

In the boys 4x400-meter relay, the team of Nick Palmer, Oliver Schwartz, Garret Rhea and Truth Pope took 7th in the final event of a state meet with multiple weather delays at the end of Day 2. Those 4x400 runners also set the team’s top time in the event this season by running a 3.22.78 in prelims. As the anchor, Pope delivered a 48.21 split, which was the fastest of any of the state runners who did not run the opening leg in the event.

Andie Garrett and Joey Dooley also narrowly missed earning medals at state. Garrett finished 9th in the girls 1600-meter run while Dooley finished 9th in the shot put, with his best throw being just 2 feet, 5 inches away from that of the next best competitor.

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06/01/2026

End of an era:

Since opening its doors 3 decades ago, Free State has only had 1 head baseball coach.

Mike Hill has decided to hand over his job to someone new. He does so at a time when the program is as successful as ever.

Last 11 yrs = 10 state app, 2 state titles, ♾ memories

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06/01/2026

05/31/2026

Free State baseball’s repeat title hopes thwarted in 4-3 loss to Washburn Rural

✍️: Matt Resnick
📸: Mac Moore

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Free State baseball’s repeat title hopes thwarted in 4-3 loss to Washburn Rural Posted by Matt Resnick | May 31, 2026 | Baseball, Boys, Free State, Spring | Mac Moore/Lawrence Sports Free State’s Finn Moore drops down into a squatting position as Washburn Rural players celebrate behind him after...

05/30/2026

Free State dispatches Shawnee Mission South in state semifinals, putting Firebirds on cusp of back-to-back state titles

✍️: Matt Resnick
📸: Mac Moore

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Free State dispatches Shawnee Mission South in state semifinals, putting Firebirds on cusp of back-to-back state titles Posted by Matt Resnick | May 30, 2026 | Baseball, Boys, Free State, Spring | Mac Moore/Lawrence Sports Free State’s players embrace teammate Ben Graves after he finishes up pitch...

05/28/2026

Congratulations to Jace hoffman on an incredible Golf career at Seabury!

Three regional championships 2023-2025!
One regional runner up finish 2026!
2 conference runner up finishes 2024,2025!
1 conference championship 2026!
Four time state qualifier, placing in the top 15 each year at state! 12th -2026, 7th- 2025, 7th- 2024, 7th- 2023!

05/27/2026

Firing Back: Free State baseball mounts multiple furious rallies in 9-8 state quarterfinal victory over Olathe Northwest

✍️: Matt Resnick
📸: Mac Moore

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LINK: https://www.lawrencesports.com/firing-back-free-state-baseball-mounts-multiple-furious-rallies-in-9-8-state-quarterfinal-victory-over-olathe-northwest/