Softball looks to reclaim victory
Cole Schmitt, Social Media Manager
April 15, 2019
Filed under Softball, Sports, Spring Sports
After falling to Rossville and Topeka High, the Manhattan High softball team is looking to bounce back this week on the road against Topeka West and Seaman. “Rossville is just a good hitting team,” head coach Connie Miller said. “They have always had a solid program and they were able to hi...
Varsity Baseball sweeps Topeka High
Kris Long, Staff Writer
April 15, 2019
Filed under Baseball, Sports, Spring Sports
The Manhattan High Varsity baseball team won both of their games in the doubleheader against the Trojans on Friday for the second year running. They won the first game 11-6 and their second to 13-2, winning by the biggest margin yet this season. They are now 5 and 1. Topeka took the lead against Manhattan by on...
Track takes double first place finishes, breaks school record
April 15, 2019
Filed under Sports, Spring Sports, Track and Field
Despite having two meets last week, the track team managed to dominate at home on Friday, taking home first place in both the boys and girls category by enormous margins. Boys won with a 90-point lead and girls with a 41-point lead. While the boys are accustomed to taking home first on a regular ...
Athlete of the Week
April 15, 2019
Filed under Athlete of the Week, Sports
Clara Mayfield Varsity Track 3 seconds shy of breaking the 1600 meter record record last year Broke school record. How did it feel as you were crossing the finish line? It was a good race and all of my hard work in the off season came together and paid off. I was really happy ...
Athlete of the Week
Micheal Simmons, Blue M Editor-In-Chief
April 15, 2019
Filed under Athlete of the Week, Sports
Declan Weixelman Varsity Track Placed first in the 800 meter run on April 12 How does winning feel? We weren't very stressed as a team because we knew that we were going to sweep them because we have been doing really good and we have just set our sights on state that's wh...
Girls swim and dive place first on home turf
Sophia Comas, Sports Editor
April 15, 2019
Filed under Girls Swim and Dive, Sports, Spring Sports
The Manhattan High girls swim and dive team continues to strive for greatness, swimming to victory meet after meet as seen on Monday night when they placed first at the third home meet of the season. While they didn’t reach any new records or personal bests, they are pleased with their results agains...
Boys golf wins first home invitational
Brianna Carmack, Opinions Editor
April 15, 2019
Filed under Boys Golf, Sports, Spring Sports
After continuous practicing for their long awaited season, boys golf began with their first meet last Monday for a home invitational at Manhattan Country Club. “We won our home invite last Monday,” senior Cody Begnoche said. Since there have only been two meets, the team still has a long season ahead. More ...
Girls soccer bounces back from rough week of losses
Aloera Ostermann, Staff Writer
April 9, 2019
Filed under Girls Soccer, Sports, Spring Sports
After having a rough few games last week, the Manhattan High girls Varsity soccer team came back from their losses with a win against Emporia, 2-0, today. The game was unique to their usual process when it came to scoring when MHS took the lead in the first half of the game with a single point an...
Manhattan split with JC in first home doubleheader of the season
Kris Long, Staff Writer
April 8, 2019
Filed under Baseball, Sports, Spring Sports
Manhattan High baseball came into their second double header of the season April 2, against their Junction City rivals, with their confidence boosted from earlier wins against Hayden, 10-1 and 11-9. However, JC won the first game, 10-6, but Manhattan came back to win the second 3-2. Things did not g...
Girls Swim and Dive sets personal records, drops times
Sophia Comas, Sports Editor
April 8, 2019
Filed under Girls Swim and Dive, Sports, Spring Sports
Astrophysicist Julian Barbour claims that there is no such thing as time. He says time is ungraspable and is always slipping through a person’s fingers and because it is has no physical properties it can’t really exist. Well, the Manhattan High girls swim and dive team just proved Barbour wrong....
Track places in top three for consecutive meets
Micheal Simmons, Blue M Editor-In-Chief
April 8, 2019
Filed under Sports, Spring Sports, Track and Field
The boys Varsity track team continues to beat out competition by large margins and the girls continue to trail, as boys and girls took first and second on Friday at Lansing. The boys team won by 35 points and girls trailed by 28. The team competed at two locations, the other being Fort Riley, where b...
Athlete of the Week
Sophia Comas, Sports Editor
April 8, 2019
Filed under Athlete of the Week, Sports
Marleigh Hutchinson Soccer Transferred from Junior Varsity to strictly a Varsity player in the game against Washburn Rural on April 4 What has your season been like so far? “I think for our season it’s been ok. We haven’t had the successes...