David Rodish

1 week ago | www2.ljworld.com | David Rodish

Henry Thompson hadn’t played the course at the Kansas Junior Amateur golf tournament before. Once he went through a practice round the day before, he felt good about his chances. Thompson turned in a top-10 performance last week. He finished the three-day tournament -2, seventh among 113 golfers. He shot a 68 on the first day, a 72 on the second day and a 70 on the third day. “My game has been feeling good for a while,” Thompson said.

2 weeks ago | www2.ljworld.com | David Rodish

Tahj Edwards was excited when he met his new football coach, Jason Thoren, and heard how the new offense would focus heavily on the run game. Edwards, a running back for Lawrence, is gearing up for a final season with the Lions and wants to show colleges what he is capable of. With football camps hosted by universities this summer followed by a senior season in which he’ll be the featured back in a run-heavy offense, Edwards is ready to make a name for himself.

2 weeks ago | www2.ljworld.com | David Rodish

For the second time in his tennis coaching career, Stephen Hudson will become Lawrence High School’s next boys and girls tennis coach. Hudson took over the job at Lawrence High in 2006 before leaving after the 2010 school year. Hudson continued to coach in different capacities around De Soto. He was the assistant coach at De Soto High School while working on the school’s staff. Now he’s back after the retirement of Chris Marshall.

2 weeks ago | www2.ljworld.com | David Rodish

Initially, Emerson Sloop was in it for the doughnuts. Sloop first became interested in refereeing soccer games at around 12 years old when she saw that the referees got doughnuts after soccer tournaments she played in. Almost five years later, Sloop has around 2,500 games under her belt as a referee and has traveled across the country for large soccer tournaments at various levels and age groups. Becoming a referee was a joint venture with her dad, Brian.

3 weeks ago | www2.ljworld.com | David Rodish

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