The Lansing Lions cross country team still has a little more than a week before the season begins, but that is not stopping the team from continuing to train hard.This year’s team will be coached by longtime assistant Josh Floetke as he takes over as the head coach. He has been happy with the training for the team so far."Training has been going well," Floetke said. "Many of the runners put in a lot of work over the summer, and it [...]
Lions continue to train for new season
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Longtime coach leaves behind legacy
Lansing and the community suffered a huge loss this week as former Lansing coach Errol Logue died. He was 77.Logue was best known for his time as cross country and track and field coach at Lansing High School from 1969-2009. He also served as an assistant for the University of Saint Mary cross country and track and field teams from 2011-2013.Logue arrived in Lansing after coaching in Idaho. During his time at Lansing, his athletes won 16 [...]
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Lions tennis looks to continue success in 2018
The Lansing Lions tennis program has had success under head coach Eddie Fenton including at least one state qualifier every season since 2012.The 2018 team looks to continue that success. With 12 returning players and four seniors, the Lions will look to reach the team goals of getting back to state. The four seniors, Trinity Hall, Mirinda Lowery, Darby Mance and Gracie Schneider, will all [...]
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Leavenworth dominates in 7-0 win over Lansing
The Leavenworth Pioneers and Lansing Lions renewed their rivalry Tuesday night, this time on the soccer pitch.In a tale of two halves, Leavenworth pulled away 7-0 to get the win at Lansing.After stormy weather delayed the start of the junior varsity game, the storm cleared up for just the right amount of time to get both of the games in without any major issues.The varisty game started off with both teams playing [...]
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Lions volleyball looks to continue early success
The Lansing Lions volleyball team has already had a strong start to the season. With victories over the second-, fourth- and seventh-ranked teams in 5A, the hard work from the summer has paid off for the Lions.The team competed in three team camps during the summer and won two of them. In a [...]
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Area teams preparing for opening night of football
Friday night football is here. After many months, football returns across the state of Kansas.High school teams are gearing up for another season, including the teams in Leavenworth County.Besides the regular turnover of players graduating, big changes come for Leavenworth, Lansing and Basehor-Linwood as all three move into the new United Kansas Conference. The Lions also feature a new head coach as Dylan Brown takes over. [...]
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Tuesday roundup in soccer, tennis and volleyball
Various high school athletics were going on Tuesday night for schools in the Leavenworth community.In soccer, the Lansing Lions opened the season at home against the Leavenworth Pioneers. After weather pushed back the start time, both teams started off slow on offense with a 0-0 score for much of the first half. Nate Moore scored for the Pioneers with a little more than seven minutes remaining in the first half. The Pioneers then pulled away early in the [...]
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Bobcats golfer places seventh in invitational
The Basehor-Linwood girl’s golf team participated in the Gardner-Egerton Invitational on Wednesday.The tournament took place at Prairie Highlands Golf Course in Olathe.Bobcats senior Madison Lee placed seventh overall out of 60 participants and received a medal.Coach Ryan Kazmaier felt the team had a strong showing for the young season."I think we had a strong showing," Kazmaier said, [...]
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Young Pioneers fall 42-7 to De Soto
The Leavenworth Pioneers opened up the 2018 season with a loss to De Soto.In the opening game for both schools in the new United Kansas Conference, De Soto capitalized on the mistakes of the Pioneers to win 42-7. Both teams traded turnovers early before Joseph Oplotnik ran in the first touchdown of the game with 3:26 remaining in the first quarter.A few drives later, [...]
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LUKE PETERSON: Football has finally returned
After many months of waiting, football is finally back. We saw the first games in the new United Kansas Conference, coaching debuts, wins and Spires pulling an upset to start the first weekend. On top of that, we saw more thrilling results across the national scale in college football and some big news across the NFL.Friday saw the start of high school football across the state. The [...]
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Lansing Lions cross country team begins season
The Lansing Lions cross country team began the season with a strong showing in their dual with Tonganoxie at the University of Saint Mary on Saturday. The boy’s team finished with a "perfect score" from the Lions having all five spots in the top five Terry Robinson came in first.The girl’s team had five in the top 10 including Madelyn Bachtel finishing second. [...]
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Lansing Lions volleyball team earns two more wins
The Lansing Lions volleyball team continued their strong start to the season with two more wins over Free State and Seaman on Thursday.The Lions beat Free State in three games and Seaman in two.Some stats of note include Karli Schmidt leading the team with 22 kills on the night. Kennedy Farris ended the night with 25 digs. Caitlin Bishop and Mckinzie Weaver combined for 45 assists. Amelia Van Der Werff had five blocks for the Lions and [...]
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Area schools preparing for second week of season
Last Friday saw the start of high school football across the state of Kansas.With the first game out of the way, teams are taking what they learned from the first game of the season to prepare for the next game.The Lansing Lions began the season with a loss against Blue Valley Southwest 34-14. The Lions had costly errors that spoiled the debut under Dylan Brown in his first game as head coach. When asked what will be the focus this week, [...]
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Pioneers soccer get fourth victory of the season
The Leavenworth Pioneers boy’s soccer team continued the strong start to their season with a 3-0 victory over Bonner Springs on Tuesday. Nate Moore scored first for the Pioneers three minutes into the game. Another goal by Nick Hawley gave the Pioneers a 2-0 lead in the first half. Colby Loghry added the third goal for Pioneers late in the second half to seal the victory for Leavenworth. [...]
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Rams win both volleyball contests
Pleasant Ridge volleyball went 2-0 in their Tuesday night games against Horton and Valley Falls.In the first game against Horton, the Rams won in two sets 25-16 and 25-20. "It was never a close game," coach Joy Ewert said. "But we did not play with any energy. We just went through the motions and were glad to pull out the win. I think the girls were just waiting to get to Valley Falls and [...]
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Lions volleyball continues to roll from strong senior class
The leadership of the seniors on the Lansing Lions volleyball team continues to pay off.On Tuesday night, the Lions continued their strong start to the season with wins over Turner and Basehor-Linwood.After the 7-0 start, the Lions jumped up to being ranked second in 5A rankings by the Kansas Volleyball Association.Lions coach Julie Slater had high praise for her leaders calling Rachel Fairbanks "fearless at the net" and Taylor Lang’s strong serving and [...]
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Lions prevail in thriller against Bobcats
On a wet and rainy Friday night, the Lansing Lions came from behind to win 14-13 over Basehor-Linwood.The Lions victory marked the first win for Lions coach Dylan Brown. Basehor jumped out first with a touchdown reception to Dylan Donnelly in the first half.An interception in the third quarter gave momentum to the Lions. [...]
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Spires ready to continue success against Ottawa
The Saint Mary football team opened the 2018 season in a big way. With memorials for fallen teammate Christian Yanos and under the lights of a Saturday night game, the Spires upset No. 18 Tabor College 13-10.With the thrilling victory, the Spires look to continue the success as they travel to take on Ottawa University. The Braves enter Saturday’s game at 1-0 with a 42-12 victory over [...]
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Lansing's fighting spirit earns coach first win
Another week of football is complete. Just like last week, there were thrilling wins and crushing defeats for the four area high schools and the University of Saint Mary.In the thrilling category was the game between Basehor-Linwood at Lansing. The Lansing Lions rallied to beat the Bobcats 14-13 for head coach Dylan Brown’s first win.Both teams played strong defense for much of the low-scoring game. Both teams finished the game [...]
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Lions volleyball continues to succeed despite first loss
The Lansing Lions volleyball team continued the strong start to the season with successful matches last Thursday and Saturday. On Thursday, the Lions beat Leavenworth 25-16 and 25-9. They also beat Turner 25-5 and 25-4."Leavenworth has a good, scrappy team and gave us a good battle the first set," coach Julie Slater said. "They have some athletic and quality players on their team. Rachel [...]
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