Lawrence High Championship Seasons

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Lions win again
Tuesday, November 23, 1993
Apparently some signals got crossed between the planning stages and the execution of Lawrence High's homecoming football game. Homecoming, typically a showcase for alumni come home, was more a showcase for Lions years away from graduation.
1993 schedule and stories >>

Lions win seesaw battle, 23-19, for state title
Sunday, November 22, 1992
The Lawrence High School football team heeded its fans' chants of "Four-peat, four-peat," by winning its fourth-straight Class 6A state title and its seventh in nine years with a 23-19 victory over Topeka Washburn Rural High School on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
1992 schedule and stories >>

Lions again crowned champs
Sunday, November 24, 1991
On paper Lawrence High was overmatched. On the field it was overrun. In the end, though, the Lions with a little help from the ghosts of those who went before overachieved and overcame top-ranked Garden City, 10-8, in the Class 6A state football championship Saturday at KSU Stadium.
1991 schedule and stories >>

Lions stuff Buffs, 9-3, for title
Sunday, November 18, 1990
Pundits and coaches alike predicted a high-scoring affair, but Mike Reese knew better. "I knew this game would be won by defense," said Reese, a Lawrence High junior safety, after the Lions nailed Garden City, 9-3, for the Class 6A state football championship Saturday at KSU Stadium.
1990 schedule and stories >>

Football team reclaims trophy in 28-21 win
Sunday, November 19, 1989
"Lawrence is number one! Revenge is sweet!" The words of 16-year-old Jill Paradise, a junior at Lawrence High School, told the story as the gun sounded and the LHS Lions captured the Kansas 6A state football championship Saturday at Kansas University's Memorial Stadium, reclaiming the trophy they had lost to the same team last year.
1989 schedule and stories >>

Lawrence shocks Manhattan, 17-12
Sunday, November 19, 1987
"Lawrence is number one! Revenge is sweet!" The words of 16-year-old Jill Paradise, a junior at Lawrence High School, told the story as the gun sounded and the LHS Lions captured the Kansas 6A state football championship Saturday at Kansas University's Memorial Stadium, reclaiming the trophy they had lost to the same team last year.
1987 schedule and stories >>

Lions kings of 6A
Sunday, November 30, 1986
This is the way Lawrence High's seniors wanted it to end. "Three years now and we've never been beaten," grinned festive quarterback Lance Flachsbarth, following the Lions' 20-7, Class 6A state football championship win over Junction City at balmy, sun-baked Memorial Stadium.
1986 schedule and stories >>

Manhattan mews, Lions roar to 6A grid title, 29-3
Sunday, November 25, 1984
Try as he might, Bill Freeman couldn't hold back a tear or two late Saturday afternoon. Make no mistake about it, Lawrence High's long-time football coach was left in an emotional tizzy after the Lions' resounding 29-3 state championship victory over Manhattan High at balmy Memorial Stadium.
1984 schedule and stories >>

8,000 Lions take state title
Sunday, November 25, 1979
A lot of the 8,000-plus people at Haskell Stadium Friday night hadn't been to a Lawrence High football game in years, and some were seeing the Lions in action for the first time. What they were treated to was something no LHS team has ever done: win outright an official state big school championship, to the tune of 7-0 over Wichita Southeast...
1979 schedule and stories >>

Lions close with 'familiar' 21-7 victory
Sunday, November 24, 1968
Ho, hum. The Lawrence Lions are back in that rut again. They won their fourth football game of the season by a 21-7 score Friday night, this time downing Shawnee Mission South in the season finale for both teams at Haskell Stadium....
1968 schedule and stories >>

Lions win another state championship
Saturday, November 16, 1963
The Lawrence High football team very convincingly wrapped up another state football championship by humiliating the Washington Wildcats 57-0 Friday night at Bethel...
1963 schedule and stories >>

Lions squeak to 20-19 win
Saturday, November 15, 1959
The basketball shoes arrived just in time to allow state champion Lawrence to overcome a 19-7 halftime deficit and edge Highland Park 20-19 in a 20-degree "refrigerator bowl" football game Friday night at Topeka...
1959 schedule and stories >>

Muddy Lions batter to 29th and crown
Saturday, November 15, 1958
Mud-caked and fighting all the way, the Lawrence High footballers put the wraps on a third straight undefeated season here Friday night by obliterating Highland Park 34-0 in Haskell Stadium. The lopsided victory hands the Lions a host of honors...
1958 schedule and stories >>

Lions blast Scots, end year unbeaten
Saturday, November 16, 1957
Coach Al Woolard and his battling Lawrence High football team Friday night wrapped up a 20th straight victory, a second straight state title and the fourth state honor since the Associated Press poll began by handily defeating Highland Park of Topeka, 31-6...
1957 schedule and stories >>

Powerful Lion team closes perfect year
Saturday, November 16, 1956
The brilliant Lawrence High School football team, mighty and magnificent, added the clincher for a perfect season by walloping Highland Park at will, 40-0, before about 4,000 chilled fans Friday night at Haskell Stadium...
1956 schedule and stories >>

Lawrence de-kilts Topeka Scotties 31-14
Saturday, November 15, 1952
The Lawrence high Lions ended one of its most successful football seasons in school records Friday night as they blazed to a 31-14 victory over previously undefeated Highland Park of Topeka and finished the 1952 season undefeated and untied...
1952 schedule and stories >>

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