JOPLIN, Missouri – In a game that was close throughout, the two-time defending state champion Leavenworth Lady Pioneers lost for the first time this year, falling to Olathe South High School 58-46 in the championship game of a tournament in Joplin.Olathe South established an early 15-9 lead and led 30-20 at intermission.Forced into fouling situations in the fourth period, the Lady Pioneers were unable to catch up.Alicia Brown pumped in 22 points and pulled [...]
Lady Pioneers fall in tourney championship
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Lansing freshman takes third at Eudora
Lansing High School wrestling coach Nick Flynn said freshman Joseph Irwin may be flying under the radar now, but that won't last for long."His name is going to out there soon," Flynn said. "He's going to be beating some good people."Irwin turned in another solid performance over the weekend at the Eudora Tournament of Champions, placing third in the 24-team, two-day event.Irwin finished with a 5-1 record in the 113-pound division.The Lions placed ninth in the [...]
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Pioneers crown three champs at tourney
Jake Harrington, Anthony Gould and Nicholas Starnes each went undefeated Saturday at the 13th annual Cougar Invitational wrestling tournament at Shawnee Mission Northwest.Harrington went 6-0 on the day. Wrestling at 182 pounds, Harrington pinned Austin Lasswell of Olathe East in 3:29 in the championship match.Gould, wrestling at 138 pounds, also went 6-0 and beat Sam Elliott of Blue Valley Northwest 12-2 in the title match.Starnes, wrestling at 152, went 5-0 on the [...]
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Lady Pioneers to take on Lee's Summitt North
The Leavenworth Lady Pioneers will look to rally from their first loss of the year when they travel to Avila University tonight to take on Lee's Summitt North. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m.The two-time defending state champions lost to Olathe South 58-46 Saturday night in the championship game of a tournament in Joplin, Missouri, to fall to 2-1 on the season."We didn't hit the shots we normally hit and we didn't play the defense we normally play," coach Jordan Mellott said. [...]
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Pioneers look for consistency against Staley
Leavenworth High School boys basketball coach Larry Hogan said he will be looking for more consistency when the Pioneers travel to play Staley High School at 7 p.m. Thursday in the final game before the Christmas break.The Pioneers enter the game with a 1-2 record while Staley is 3-2."We need to be more consistent on offense," Hogan said. "Defensively, we tend to play in spurts."Hogan said the Pioneers have shown signs of playing a high caliber of basketball in the [...]
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Leavenworth girls rally for 43-27 victory over LSN
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Leavenworth High School girls basketball team rallied from a 13-8 deficit in the first period to beat Lee’s Summit North 43-27 Wednesday in the Hy-Vee Shootout at Avila University. The Lady Pioneers took a 20-17 lead at intermission before outscoring LSN 17-8 in the third period. Destinee Robinson led the Lady Pioneers with 12 points. Terrion Moore had eight points, five rebounds and five assists. Alicia Brown had seven points."We [...]
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Lansing girls storm past Bishop Ward
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Megan Ernzen and Regan Gatson each scored 10 points as the Lansing Lady Lions defeated Bishop Ward 58-32 Thursday at Kansas City Kansas Community College.The game, Lansing's final one of the first semester, improved the Lady Lions to 2-1 on the year.Kenadee Sommerla and Madelyn Moya each had eight points for Lansing while Destini Mathis pitched in six.Lansing coach Christine Robinson said she was pleased with the balanced scoring. [...]
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Lansing, Leavenworth travel to wrestling tournaments
The Lansing Lions will be on a mission Saturday when they travel to Emporia, Kansas, to compete in the 17th annual Winter Wrestling Classic.The 14-team tournament includes Emporia High School, of course, a recent and bitter rival of the Lions.In the 2009 and 2010 seasons, Lansing finished second to Emporia at the Class 5A state tournament."I want our guys to make a statement," said Lansing wrestling coach Nick Flynn. "I want them to make a statement that we are [...]
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Pleasant Ridge sweeps McLouth in final action of first semester
EASTON – The Pleasant Ridge High School basketball teams ended the first semester in impressive fashion Friday night in the final game before Christmas break.Lindsey Heim scored 16 points to lead the Lady Rams to a runaway 56-21 victory over McLouth.In the boys game, the Rams captured their first victory of the season with a 66-20 win over the Bulldogs.Pleasant Ridge girl's coach Mike Koontz said the Lady Rams successfully completed their objectives going [...]
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Wrestlers battle it out in weekend tourneys
Lee's Summit was definitely a place where a peak, wrestling performance was needed last weekend.The Leavenworth Pioneers battled it out on Friday and Saturday at the Lee's Summit Holiday Invitational and finished in a tie for 12th place with Lee Summit North in a clustered 24-team field.The Pioneers scored 133 points while Francis Howell, Missouri, won the tournament with 295.5 points.All but four of the teams were Missouri schools."The tournament is [...]
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Hoops Scoop: Boys teams get ready for big stretch
Basketball has a special place in Kansas and that is synonymous with the Leavenworth area.The local Pioneers of Leavenworth High School join the Lansing Lions, Pleasant Ridge Rams and the Immaculata Raiders as teams with designs on doing something special this winter.All four teams have gotten off to slower than hoped for starts, but there is a lot of optimism heading into 2016. [...]
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Lansing swimmers take 2nd at Turner
The Lansing High boys’ swim team took second at the Kansas City Turner Invitational on Monday and their coaches were quite pleased with a number of performances."The meet went well," Lansing head coach Josh Floetke said. "Very few of our athletes added time, while significant time was dropped. We had some first place finishes in the 200 free and the 500 free with Matt (Holden) and Zach (Crumpacker) respectively both with state [...]
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Lansing bowling splits in Topeka
The Lansing Lion bowling teams split a dual against Topeka High Thursday night at the Gage Center.The boys, led by Cody VanderStaay (624) and Zachery Glenn (602) finishing 1-2 in individual scoring, rolled past Topeka 2,459-2,356.Curtis VanderStaay (594), Dustin Reynolds (589), Mason VanHoozier (545), and Justin Green (526) helped lead Lansing to the win. [...]
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Catching up with ... Wayne Simien
Campus ministry now his 'consuming passion'
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Pioneers watch former teammates battle on college court
First of a two-part series that concludes Saturday.The Leavenworth High School girls’ basketball team recently looked back into the past by seeing a formidable present and future.Last Sunday, the Pioneers took a trip to Lawrence to watch two of their three recent alums do battle on a Big 12 basketball floor at Allen Fieldhouse.LaTashia Jones (Oklahoma State) and Tyler Johnson (Kansas) got ready to play against each other in different uniforms [...]
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Lafayette blows past Pioneers 71-41
Lafayette (Mo.) High School stepped on the gas early and never let up en route to a runaway 71-41 victory over the Leavenworth Pioneers in boys non-conference basketball action Friday night.The Fighting Irish led 17-6 after one period and expanded that to a 33-8 lead by intermission.Leavenworth did not convert a field goal in the second period and committed 19 turnovers in the game.The Pioneers were unable to mount much of a comeback in the second half.Joseph [...]
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Leavenworth grads making progress as collegiate freshmen
Second of a two-part series that began Friday.They made up, arguably, a huge portion of what was the greatest two-year run in Leavenworth girls’ basketball history.Rachel Blackburn, Tyler Johnson and LaTashia Jones were three young ladies who helped spark the Pioneers to two consecutive Class 5A state titles in 2014 and 2015.Then it was over.Now, Blackburn (Nebraska), Johnson (Kansas) and Jones (Oklahoma State) are now plying their trades [...]
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Pioneer wrestlers hold off rival Lansing
Leavenworth hangs on for 38-33 victory
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Olathe South knocks off Pioneers for third time
After losing twice earlier this season to Olathe South, the Leavenworth High School girl's basketball team was looking for a little revenge Friday night in a marque matchup of state basketball powerhouses.But the Lady Falcons proved why they are one of the top Class 6A teams in Kansas with a convincing 65-50 victory over Leavenworth.Olathe South kept its unbeaten record intact and improved to 13-0 this season. Three of those wins have come against Leavenworth.The [...]
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Hogan praises team's effort in loss
Leavenworth High School boy's basketball coach Larry Hogan said he was impressed with his team's effort in a 63-55 loss to Olathe South on Friday night."We had a tremendous effort tonight," Hogan said. "We had an opportunity to win the game in the fourth quarter. It was a two-point game at one point. We just couldn't pull it out."The Pioneers took care of the basketball to stay in contention. Leavenworth was charged with just nine turnovers."That's very, very good, [...]
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