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Tweet Two first half goals by senior Addison Steiner led SM East’s women’s soccer team past SM North 4-0 in the First Round of Regionals Wednesday night. Steiner’s two goals gave her 23 on the season, breaking the school record previously held by Tyler Rathbun this past season. “I’m excited for her, and I think [...]
Tweet It took a little help from their SM South rivals, but the SM East girls soccer team on Tuesday clinched the Sunflower League regular season title with a 4-4 tie against Olathe South. The draw was enough for the Lancers to ensure that powerhouse Olathe East — which lost to SM South 2-1 Tuesday — wouldn’t [...]
Tweet A Prairie Village resident whose soccer skills propelled SM East to two Kansas 6A title games — and herself to a soccer scholarship at Indiana University — has turned her passion for the world’s most popular sport into a unique girl-focused training academy. Carrie Fry Robinson founded Finesse Soccer Academy in 2010 along with Blue Valley [...]
Tweet They say there’s nothing harder than herding cats. Tell that to the people charged with herding a bunch of mini-moose. Prairie Village’s Blue Moose Soccer Club kicked off its annual “Mini-Moose” spring sessions Sunday, with dozens of 3 to 6 year olds getting their first taste of the world’s most popular sport. After being [...]
Tweet SM East students, teachers and parents today are mourning the loss of senior Tyler Rathbun, who died early Sunday morning in an ATV accident on a classmate’s family farm. Medical crews were called to the south Miami County property around 3 a.m. Sunday where they found a Polaris off-road vehicle carrying four teens had [...]
Tweet The seven Lancers who signed letters of intent to play at the college level Wednesday aren’t the only SM East athletes making news this week. Washington and Lee University sophomore Zach Colby, who was a soccer standout during his time at SM East, was named to all-conference first team for the Old Dominion Athletic [...]
Tweet The Lancers boys soccer team may not have made it to the state title game they coveted — but that hasn’t curbed enthusiasm for the dominating season their senior-heavy roster piled up. Both the Sunflower League and the Northeast 6-A Regional division released their First and Second Team lists this week, and SM East’s [...]
Tweet SM East dominated most every facet of its state semifinal game against Washburn Rural Friday. The Lancers outpossessed the Junior Blues, keeping control of the ball roughly two-thirds of the time. And they outshot Washburn Rural as well, sending the ball toward the goal 15 times compared to Washburn Rural’s four. But when time [...]
Tweet We’re going to do our best to bounce back and forth between the Lancers’ soccer playoff game against Washburn Rural and football playoff game against Olathe East, both of which start at 7 p.m. at the Olathe College Boulevard Activity Center:
Tweet Every day is a great day to be a Lancer. But Friday, Nov. 2, has the makings of a truly excellent day to be a Lancer. SM East is going to send off its soccer and football teams with a huge show of enthusiasm before the teams’ two major state playoff games start at [...]
Tweet Let’s kick it, PV. Because we are at the nucleus of high school soccer awesomeness. SM East isn’t the only boys soccer team making a deep push in the post season. Defending 1-4A state champs Kansas City Christian beat Baldwin in a penalty kick shootout Tuesday, earning a spot in the quarterfinals. KCC, 9-6-4 [...]
Tweet It’s official: No boys soccer team in school history has ever been better than the 2012 Lancers. With a 1-0 win over Lawrence High School in the state quarterfinals Tuesday, SM East earned a spot in the KSHAA 6A soccer semi-finals for just the second time ever. And they’ve got their sights set even [...]
Tweet This remarkable SM East boys soccer season keeps kicking along. With a 2-0 victory Thursday over Blue Valley West, the Lancers won the KSHSAA 6A Regional Tournament’s Northeast 3 division, earning a spot in the state quarterfinals against league rival Lawrence High School. The Lancers and Jaguars were both scoreless at halftime, but SM [...]
Tweet The Lancers boys soccer team broke a two game losing streak Tuesday, and looked to be back in form as it knocked off Olathe North in the first round of the Northeast Regional play at the Shawnee Mission Soccer Complex. Senior striker Carter Olander put the Lancer on the board with the first score [...]
Tweet The SM East boys soccer team is looking to get back on the winning path after suffering back to back losses to end the regular season this week. On Thursday, the Lancers were looking to shake off a tough 0-1 loss to Olathe South — a loss that cost them the Sunflower League title. But [...]
Tweet A two overtime 1-0 loss on Tuesday halted the SM East boys soccer team’s remarkable winning streak — and took away a Sunflower League regular season title. Olathe South’s goalie kept the Lancers’ typically prolific offense off the board, stopping many SM East shots and giving his team time to find the back of the [...]
Tweet Lancers seniors have fueled this season’s stellar soccer record — and last week, fans and family took time to show their thanks. A huge crowd turned out for Thursday’s Senior Night game at the Shawnee Mission Soccer Complex against Olathe Northwest. Even without senior starting goalkeeper G.J. Melia, who is out one to three weeks [...]
Tweet The Lancer scoring machine keeps turning out victories as the boys soccer team heads into tonight’s Senior Night matchup against Olathe Northwest. On Tuesday, the team continued what has become its typical offensive domination, beating district rival SM South 8-1. The Lancers scored two goals right out of the gate, but SM South got [...]
Tweet Brothers Bryce, Andrew and Derrick McClanahan notched a fraternal hat trick on the soccer field that made for a special birthday present for their mom, Mia. Senior Bryce and junior Andrew scored their goals in the SM East varsity team’s 10-0 victory over Leavenworth on Tuesday, Sept. 25, while Derrick did his damage with [...]
Tweet By margins wide and small, the SM East varsity boys soccer team just keeps finding ways to win. The Lancers started last week’s action with a road game against Lawrence Free State. Despite keeping control of the ball for the vast majority of the first half and outshooting Free State, SM East found its [...]
Tweet Sometimes it takes a setback for a team to play up to its full potential. That may be the outcome of the Lancers boys soccer team’s first loss of the season. Coming off their victorious showing at the KA-MO Classic Tournament the week before, the Lancers, then ranked fifth in Kansas, faced their first [...]
Tweet A good start to the 2012 season got even better for the SM East boys soccer team over the weekend. The Lancers won the KA-MO Classic Tournament Saturday at the Blue Valley Activities Complex by defeating tournament host Blue Valley North 3-0. The Lancers earned their spot in the final with a 3-0 victory [...]
Tweet A 10-0 victory that gets called by the mercy rule isn’t a bad way to open the season. The SM East boys soccer team got the 2012 season off to an emphatic with a knockout victory over Piper High School Tuesday. Four year varsity letterman and co-captain Tyler Rathbun scored three goals for the [...]
Tweet A former Lancer soccer standout had a very good week at the college level. Washington and Lee University sophomore Zach Colby was named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference men’s soccer player of the week last week after scoring five goals in the team’s opening two games of the season. He scored three in a [...]
Tweet It started with an idea: offer kids the chance to play soccer in an environment where both the players and their families would be respected, where the coaches would be role models, and where experienced coaches would offer professional-caliber training. When KC Hopps owner Ed Nelson and his brother Keith Nelson founded the Blue [...]
