The Shawnee Mission East Lancers will play host again on Thursday to welcome the Lawrence Free State Firebirds, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Shawnee Mission East will be strutting in after a victory while Lawrence Free State will be coming in after a defeat.
Shawnee Mission East is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kansas' top teams: Olathe West, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Shawnee Mission East was ranked second). Shawnee Mission East never let Olathe West onto the board and left with a 3-0 win on Tuesday. Give the Lancers' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Lawrence Free State didn't have quite enough to beat Olathe East on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
Shawnee Mission East's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1-1. As for Lawrence Free State, their loss dropped their record down to 4-3-1.
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