The Varsity football players line up to hike the ball to the quarterback. The boys won 56-24 on Sept. 20, the annual Homecoming game.

Seniors Kira Schartz and Will Bannister stand arm-in-arm as they display their Homecoming crowns. The two were crowned at the football game on Sept. 20 ad MHS took on Seaman High.

The J.V. volleyball teams plays their set in the J.C. Invitational.

Seniors Roberto Maysonet Perez and Elise Mitchell converse in the Sunset Zoo lot after school on Monday. Both park in Sunset due to not having a parking pass and being late to school in the mornings. "[I park here] because I don't want to pay 80 bucks for a parking pass," Maysonet Perez said. "I'm late too."

Sophomore Kaitlyn Stone talk to senior Elise Mitchell through her car window after school in the Sunset Zoo parking lot.

Students bend down to look for anything living in the creek. They went on the creek as part of a field trip to learn about nature's impact on art.

Hallie Hatfield shows students what to use to catch the vertebrates in the creek.

Junior Gabe Effiong shakes hands with Junction City team players. Effiong scored the seventh goal -- his first of his Varisty career -- on Thursday. Manhattan High beat J.C. 10-0 with 30 minutes till game.

Senior Joanna Park high-fives sophomore Hannah Loub during their Varisty doubles match. The two placed ninth with a score of 3-1, contributing to the team's overall placement of third.

Senior Kate McGee passes the ball over the net during one of her doubles matches on Sept. 14. McGee played with freshman Maura Weins and they scored 1-3, ultimately taking eighth place.

RCPD and CSI investigate senior Madison Ritz's car around 8:30 p.m. after the shooting happened in the Oak Street lot. The shooting occurred at around 6:45 p.m.

CSI searches the Oak Sreet parking lot of Mnahttan High for evidence where the crime happened the night of Sept. 12.

Freshman Amelia Knopp barrels toward the finish line, leading as Manhattan's second runner. Knopp placed third with a time of 20:43.9, having ran a 5K at the Warner Park meet on September 7.

Freshman Zachery Goscha fights for a time win against a Topeka runner. Goscha placed 22nd with a time of 20:10.2, -- just one tenth of a second away from 21st -- having ran a 4K at the Warner Park meet on September 7. The boys Junior Varsity team placed first with a score of 19, Garder-Edgerton second with 68.