City swimmers and divers eye Sunflower League meet
Lawrence High and Free State High chase another Sunflower League girls swimming and diving title as Shawnee Mission Northwest leads in depth. Prelims start 5 p m at California Trail Junior High in Olathe with diving Saturday morning and finals at noon.
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Lawrence High
Free State High
Shawnee Mission Northwest
Pat Grzenda
LHS
FSHS
Free State
Olathe East
California Trail Junior High
Olathe
Firebirds
Lions
Sunflower
Andrea Hemphill
Caitlin Standish
Kelli Criswell
Rachel Sellon
Hemphill
Grenda
DeSoto dominates Bonner Springs in softball clash
DHS led by Jena Thom with a 3 run homer and Kristie McClue 3-3, while Ashley Perkins fanned 10 to earn the win as DeSoto defeated Bonner Springs 5-1. Santa Fe Trail routed Perry-Lecompton 15-4, with Shaun Moore homering twice and Oliver Wiscombe winning in baseball action. Ottawa rolled past Atchison 13-1 behind Chad Henningsen and Travis Caryt’s 2-4 with a grand slam, and Santa Fe Trail also defeated Perry-Lecompton 15-4 with strong hitting from Moore and McFarland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSoto
Bonner Springs
Ashley Perkins
Holt
Jena Thom
Kristie McClue
RBI
Jenny Fletcher
Perkins
Ottawa
Atchison
Chad Henningsen
Donaldson
Travis Caryt
Josh Gibbons
Henningsen
Baldwin Bulldogs rally past Eudora for 17-5 win
Baldwin High split a softball triangular, beating Eudora 17-5 after trailing 3-1. Jodie Bacon tied the game with a two-run single, Kim Sledd added a four-hit game including a two-run triple, Kyrstan Hubbel earned the win while delivering seven strong innings in relief.
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Eupora
Baldwin
Prairie View
Bulldogs
Eudora
BHL
Ginny Honomichl
Jodie Bacon
Bacon
Kim Sledd
Cardinals
RBI
Mary Martin
Kyrstan Hubbel
South Sweeps Free State In Sunflower League Twinbill
Shawnee Mission South defeated Free State 9-2 in seven-run fifth inning of game one and 6-1 in five-run seventh inning of game two at the FSHL field. SM South pitching by Libby Wonderly and Kathy McVey limited Free State to nine hits and nine runs across 14 innings, while Firebirds struggled with errors and weather conditions.
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Free State High
Shawnee Mission South
Raiders
Firebirds
SM South
Shaun Henry
Free State
FSHS
Pam Pine
Libby Wonderly
Kathy McVey
Pine
City athlete Ashley Burnett stars for Lawrence High softball
Sophomore Ashley Burnett posted a 1.34 ERA with 31 strikeouts and six walks, tossing a two-hit gem and fanning eight in a 12-1 win over Leavenworth to lift her record to 6-2. She went 3-for-6 with an RBI in the twinbill as Lawrence High Momentum builds behind Burnett and the outfield. Free State Firebirds, led by Ann Leiker and Elizabeth Morriss, battled with errors and key defensive plays including three caught stealings and two attempted plates in the doubleheader. Free State heads to a home doubleheader with SM East at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Rachel
Grenda
Grzenda
LHS
Elise Schnose
Susan Dreger
Megan Little
Sarah Marlow
Barbara Dreger
Lions
Ashley Burnett
Lawrence
Burnett
Leavenworth
RBI
Ashley
Reenie Stogsaill
FSHS
Kim Meeker
Ann Leiker
Raiders
Pine
Leiker
Elizabeth Morriss
Irebirds
Amy Vermehr
Caitlin Wisler
Free State
Firebirds
Vormehr
Wisler
Sara Katich
SM East
Free State Falls 4-2 as Olathe North Dominates Second Half
Olathe North outscores Free State 2-0 after halftime. Matthews and Garcia had tied the game at 2-2 early in the second half, but the Firebirds failed to attempt a shot in the final 40 minutes. O-North’s Mauriello and Taylor scored the go ahead goals as Lawrence High earned a 1-0 win prior to this game.
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Olathe North
Firebirds
Free State High
The
Eagles
Youth Sports Inc. Fields
FSHS
Jason Pendleton
Free State
Morgan Matthews
Melissa Garcia
O North
Amy Mauriello
Eagle
Shannon Taylor
Pendleton
Matthews
O-North
Meagan Horvath
Aenalty
Mauriello
Olathe East
Karan Roeiers
Alexis Heere
Lawrence High
Pembroke Hill
Youth Sports Inc
Lawrence
LHS
Kelly Jernigan
Lions
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Standish
Caitlin
Sellon
Manhattan
Jessica Virtue
Silvy Perkins
Sadie Caplan
Sarah Look
Samantha Milligan
Beth Sheely
Sarah Szabo
Alicia Roberts
Steve Rottinghaus
Cocoo
Brooke Moyer
Abis
Thom
Jenny Freeman
Santa Fe Trail
Perry-Lecompton
Ganger
Amy Maple
Steichter
Spencer
P-L
Jaime Amering
Ashley Wiscombe
Maple
Amerine
Megan Barker
Oskaloosa
Pleasant Ridge
Brad Heston
Brown
Heston
Nate Perry
R. Servatius
Cline
Servatius
Shaun Moore
Justin Zimmerman
Moore
Miles
Baird
Shawn Howard
Lonnie Hunter
McFarland
Suns
Sharp
Powers
Hubbel
Honomichi
Honomich
Lansing
Shannon Stoughton
Nicole Hickman
Melanie Smith
Kyrstan
Wessell
PVHS
Stoughton
Isenhower
Watson
JounNac-Worth
Toto Baldwin High
Kyrstan Hubbell
South
WEE
SM South Te
Suzanne Mulcahy
Ashley Peterson
Sarah Billingsley
Anne Marie Martin
Anne Marie Marlin
Amanda Kenefake
Amanda Kénefake
Becca Hachinsky
Army
McVcy
Sarah Ferreter
Melissa Peterson
Jane Lee
Sarah
Kenefake
McVey
Ferreter
Sarah Thon
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