Author Spotlight
The Harbinger Staff
Boys’ Tennis-
The boys’ varsity tennis team beat Olathe Northwest 5 to 1 and swept them in doubles. The JV team also dominated the ravens by winning every match with an impressive 80 games to 12 in all.
On Thursday the Lancers will play in the Varsity Sunflower League Championship at the Indian Creek Recreation Center. Senior Jackson O’Gorman-Bean, sophomore Brooks Kendall and junior Jake Glazer will lead the varsity team as they try to take another Sunflower League Championship.
The team will play in the Desoto Tournament on Saturday and will look to continue they’re hot streak at the Gardner Edgerton Quad on Monday.
Baseball-
The Lancers continued winning and improving this past week. They are staying strong with an overall record of 9-4, the Lancers are in second place overall in the Sunflower league. The Lancers are in 8th place in the state according to the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches (KABC).
“We had a varsity game on Tuesday, we won 2-1 in nine innings,” sophomore varsity player Quinn Appletoft said. “We played great defense but our bats have coming around a little slow.”
The Lancers have a game on Friday against Blue Valley West. The team also has senior night on Saturday against Bishop Ward on the Shawnee Mission East field.
Boys’ Golf-
This Friday, the 27th, the Boys’ Golf team will compete in the Hutchinson Golf Tournament at Hutchinson Carey Park Golf Course. This is a one day tournament.
Next Thursday the Lancers will co-host an Invitational at St. Andrews Golf Course with eight other teams.
Girls’ Soccer-
Last Tuesday, the Varsity team beat SM South 2-0, making their record a current 5-game winning streak. Goals were scored by senior Kara Hines and junior Anna Colby.
“South is a huge rivalry, so it’s always fun to beat them,” Sophomore Quincy Hendricks said.
Tonight (Thursday) the Lady Lancers have a home game, breast cancer awareness themed, against Olathe Northwest at the SM Soccer Complex.
“Olathe Northwest is a really good team,” Hendricks said. “We beat them in overtime last year so it should be a really good game.”
Softball-
East handily beat SM Northwest this week in two games this Tuesday, 10-0 and 8-2. Their record is now 10-0, giving them the best start in team history. However, the competition is growing more intense. SME will face Olathe North tonight in a hard fight between two softball giants. The team has played solid ball all year, but they will need to step it up even more.
“We are aware that our schedule gets tougher, but we are excited because we know that this type of schedule will make us our best at the right part of the season,” said Senior Shannon McGinley. “Everyone wants to win and we are all aware of the increase in competition that is coming up.”
The boys head to St. Louis Friday morning for two non-conference games against O’Fallon of Illinois and Saint Louis University High.
Girls’ Lacrosse-
The Girls lacrosse team lost to Lee Summit West last Saturday, but the JV won. Their scheduled upcoming games will be against STA and Blue Valley. The girls are hoping to see more student support at the games as the season progresses.
Girls’ Swim and Dive-
With League a week away at Lawrence Free State High School the Lady Lancers swim team is preparing for the tough road ahead. The loss of senior Marston Fries was a big setback but it now gives other girls the chance to step up. Meg Stanley, Sarah Freshnock, Emily Minick, Lanie Leek and Tiernan Shank are the only girls on the team with their state qualifying times. The rest of the team are beginning their taper so they can be more rested and prepared for the league meet.
“We will see a lot of our competition for state at league,” said junior Meg Stanley. “It will be interesting to see which girls on our team can succeed and get their state cuts. After league we only have one more meet before state so there is a lot of pressure to do well.”
Sprints/Hurdlers-
Long Distance-
Nick Pirotte threw for 149 feet, earning no points and falling 15 feet short of his personal record.
Leave a Reply