The third week of high school football has arrived and teams continue their push through the year.For the Pleasant Ridge Rams, the Friday night matchup will also be the homecoming game. The 1-1 Rams look to rebound after last week’s 18-0 loss to Troy. Their opponent is the McLouth Bulldogs, who are also 1-1 coming off of a 28-12 victory over Jefferson County North. Due to poor field [...]
Area schools gearing up for third game
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Tuesday high school roundup in tennis, volleyball and soccer
Various teams in the county were in action on Tuesday in multiple sports.The Leavenworth Pioneers and Lansing Lions girl’s tennis teams met in a dual at Leavenworth. After weather kept the Lions from completing a full dual, Tuesday’s weather cooperated to help Lansing win 6-3. The match left the Lions coach with positives and negatives to take from the dual."We played well at times," Lions coach Eddie Fenton said. "While [...]
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Leavenworth tennis falls in dual with Olathe North
The Leavenworth tennis team struggled in their make-up dual against Olathe North Wednesday. The Pioneers went 0-6 in singles and 1-3 in doubles. "We went against some very good competition and overall we did play very well," Coach Shad Langfoss said. "Samantha (Casmus) played one of her best singles matches this year. I know the score is not [...]
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Rams preparing for homecoming game away from home
The Pleasant Ridge Rams will continue the 2018 season looking for the second win of the season. After dropping the home opener against Troy 18-0, the 1-1 Rams look to be victorious on Friday against McLouth.After six turnovers and multiple penalties against Troy, head coach Pat McCollim saw hard work out of his players to fix the issues from the second game. "This team responded well and [...]
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Lansing Lions fall to Shawnee Mission South
After the Lansing Lions won a thrilling 14-13 game last week, the team fell in the followup.On Thursday night against the Shawnee Mission South Raiders, the Lions fell 27-0.The loss drops the Lions to 1-2 on the year. The Raiders improve to 3-0. The Raiders struck first on a 68-yard touchdown in the first quarter and never looked back. [...]
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Rams win in homecoming game on the road
In a homecoming game away from home, the Pleasant Ridge Rams were victorious against the McLouth Bulldogs 34-20.The game was played at Pioneer Stadium at Leavenworth High School. It was moved from the Rams’ stadium in Easton due to unplayable field conditions. In the "home" game for the Rams, Pleasant Ridge came out with a strong first drive, but a failed conversion on fourth down ended the series with no points. McLouth scored first late in the first [...]
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Lions cross country has success in Bonner Springs
The Lansing Lions and Leavenworth Pioneers boy’s cross country teams had a successful day at the Bonner Springs Braves CC Invitational over the weekend.The Lions finished third overall with 73 points. Leavenworth finished in fifth place. Liam Neidig of Lansing finished the highest between the two schools at sixth. Daniel Bohnemann of Leavenworth was 11th. [...]
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Lions tennis finishes sixth in Mill Valley Invitational
In the Mill Valley Invitational, the Lansing Lions tennis team finished sixth. It was two places higher than the Lions finished in the same tournament last year.Head coach Eddie Fenton said it was a good gauge for where the team is at for the start of the season.Gracie Schneider and Gabriella Scarcelli were the only entries to make it out of pool play and the two finished second in their doubles division. [...]
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Bobcats dominate in win, still have work to do
Another weekend has wrapped up for football in the Leavenworth area.The Basehor-Linwood Bobcats hosted the Leavenworth Pioneers in a United Kansas Conference matchup. The Bobcats came out on top with a 57-13 victory. The Bobcats’ victory improved their record to 2-1. Leavenworth fell to 0-3.Basehor-Linwood head coach Rod Stallbaumer felt like the team played a [...]
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Area schools preparing for next game
Friday marks the fourth game of the high school football season. After the final seconds tick off, the regular season will be halfway over. The area teams are preparing to finish the year strong and push for potential playoff spots.The Lansing Lions enter the fourth game at 1-2 following their 27-0 loss last Thursday. With the game a day earlier, the Lions spent Friday watching film to fix issues from the previous games."The key area of [...]
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Pleasant Ridge Rams volleyball splits road matches Tuesday night
The Pleasant Ridge Rams’ volleyball team split their Tuesday matchup against Jackson Heights and Jefferson County North.The Rams started slow against Jackson Heights and lost the first set 25-18. They recovered and won the next two sets 26-24 and 25-22."(Jackson Heights) is a good team," Rams head coach Joy Ewert said. "And it took everything we had to pull it out. Bailey Ko, Emma Schwinn and Kelsey Theis came up big for us in the [...]
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Former Nebraska LB's journey to pro ball filled with ups and downs
Walking off the field in Nashville after the 2016 Music City Bowl, Nebraska Cornhuskers linebacker Michael Rose-Ivey’s college career was over. After breaking the Cornhuskers’ record for most tackles by a freshman, injuries plagued the Kansas City native for the rest of his career. Rose-Ivey still finished his career with 163 total tackles. He was one of 66 Huskers to have 160 or more on his career. [...]
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Lansing Lions volleyball get 16th win of season against De Soto
The Lansing Lions’ volleyball team continued the strong start to the season with a victory Tuesday over De Soto. The Lions won 25-21 in both games over the Wildcats. Karli Schmidt led the team with seven kills. Mckinzie Weaver had a team-high eight assists and Kennedy Farris had two aces. The Lions now have 16 wins and will travel to [...]
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Lansing stumbles 34-7 in home loss against De Soto
The Lansing Lions played strong, but mental errors killed drives in their 34-7 loss to De Soto.The Wildcats struck first on their opening drive to take a 7-0 lead less than three minutes in the game. The Lions answered with a strong drive following the Wildcats touchdown, but Lansing could not convert on fourth down turning the ball over. Another touchdown midway [...]
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Weekend recap in high school cross country, volleyball and tennis
Local high school volleyball, tennis and cross country teams were in action over the weekend.Basehor-Linwood, Lansing and Leavenworth all traveled to Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence for the Rim Rock Classic on the historic cross country course.Lansing cross country coach Josh Floetke described the weather as perfect and said the iconic course was beautiful. The Lansing Lions [...]
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Pioneers get first victory of season in rout over Turner
The Leavenworth Pioneers achieved their first win of the season at Turner by the whopping score of 83-21. The Pioneers dominated the Golden Bears and never trailed in the big win. Starting with great field position, Jahawn Byrd scored his first of six touchdowns two minutes into the game. Byrd would end up rushing for 352 yards on the night, [...]
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Pioneers tennis have mixed results in Monday triangular
The Leavenworth tennis team had mixed results in their triangular with Martha Academy and Bonner Springs.Margaret Collins and Ella Madison struggled for the Pioneers in singles play, losing all four matches. The two doubles teams for the Pioneers saw more success with the tandems of Alexis Cole and Samantha Casmus and Carolann Perry and Clare Langfoss going 2-0 on the day. [...]
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Tuesday prep sports recap in volleyball, tennis, soccer
Tuesday was a busy sports day for high school sports in the area. Six teams were in action across three sports.In volleyball, the Leavenworth Pioneers split their matches against De Soto and Turner. The Pioneers fell 25-16 and 25-15 against the Wildcats. Ayden Bartlett had eight kills against the Wildcats. Kelcey Hund had 10 assists and Jessie Sachen had 10 digs. Aleshia Jones added four [...]
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Schools preparing for special week of football
Friday night’s football action will be special all around. Two homecoming games, a rivalry matchup and playing in a college stadium are all on the docket.The Leavenworth Pioneers will play the annual homecoming game at Pioneer Stadium on Friday. They will host the Lansing Lions to renew the rivalry.The Pioneers are coming off of a rout over Turner last week to achieve their first win of the year. [...]
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Saint Mary hosts first edition of 2018 'Coach's Corner'
The University of Saint Mary hosted the first edition of this year’s "Coach’s Corner" on campus Thursday.In the Mead Hall dining room, local high school and USM coaches spoke about their programs and how the season has fared so far. USM’s director of sports management Jim Zimmerman hosted the event.In the first edition, Spires’ athletic director Rob Miller spoke along with the football head coaches for Leavenworth, [...]
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