Bowling places first at home meet
Brianna Carmack, Opinions Editor
January 28, 2019
Filed under Bowling, Sports, Winter Sports
The Manhattan High Bowling team found success in their second home meet of the year, finding little to no issue with the way they competed. They found pleasure in both their placing and their individual scoring with bowlers from almost each division placing. This being the bowling teams second home mee...
Athlete of the Week
Sophia Comas, Sports Editor
January 28, 2019
Filed under Athlete of the Week, Sports
Haleigh Harper Basketball 39 points with 16 rebounds 3 three pointers 8 out of 11 free throws How would you describe your season so far? I feel like our season has been going good. We've made a lot of progress sinc...
Girls basketball brings back bronze
Micheal Simmons, Blue M Editor-In-Chief
January 28, 2019
Filed under Girls Basketball, Sports, Winter Sports
Third place may not be the best of finishes but it's certainly a start for the Manhattan High girls basketball team as they took third at the McPherson tournament. The team ended in dramatic fashion, beating Ulysses in the consolation game in double over time, 47-43 giving them a record of 9-4. The t...
Boys Basketball defeats Topeka West
Cole Schmitt, Social Media Manager
January 28, 2019
Filed under Boys Basketball, Sports, Winter Sports
In their first home win of 2019, the Manhattan High Varsity basketball team (7-7) defeated the Topeka West Chargers (3-8), 57-47 after being down by four at the half in a key Centennial League win. “It’s a huge confidence builder to win in front of our home crowd now since we are going into back to ...
Swim and Dive prepares for invite
Anika Nyp, Staff Writer
January 28, 2019
Filed under Boys Swim and Dive, Sports, Winter Sports
Recent weather problems affected swim and dive practices last week, leaving the diving team less prepared than they would have liked for Saturday's meet. Despite the lack of practices, senior Zane Kohl and freshman Zeke Kohl both qualified for state and Zane earned second place overall. “Becaus...
Wrestling takes top spot at home
Kamryn Bussmann and Sophia Comas
January 28, 2019
Filed under Sports, Winter Sports, Wrestling
For most high schoolers, a Friday night consists of late night chill fests with some catchy music and friends. For the Manhattan High Junior Varsity Wrestling team, it consisted of mats, sweat and pins that resulted in seven first place medals and all but four placing in the top three within the bra...
Manhattan High dominates Topeka West
Micheal Simmons, Blue M Editor-in-Chief
January 23, 2019
Filed under Boys Basketball, Sports, Winter Sports
It's not often that a team more than triples their opponent’s score, but Manhattan High was able to do just that as they blew out Topeka West 48-15. The team never lost the lead, nor did they even come close to doing so as the score at halftime was 40-9. This is the first time that MHS was able to ...
Indians place sixth in McPherson
Cole Schmitt, Social Media Manager
January 22, 2019
Filed under Boys Basketball, Winter Sports
Manhattan High varsity boys basketball (6-7) placed sixth in the McPherson Invitational Basketball Tournament this past week. The Indians were guaranteed three games in the tournament and went 1-2 in those games. Their first game they were up against the Shawnee Mission East Lancers (7-5). The India...
Boys swim team places first despite missing team members
Anika Nyp, Staff Writer
January 15, 2019
Filed under Boys Swim and Dive, Sports, Winter Sports
Results at the end of the 11th meet of the season, the Manhattan High swim team didn’t expect much. But when it came down to first and second place, the team members were ready to erupt into applause as soon as they heard that Olathe South had come in second, leaving MHS in first. “We came ...
Boys basketball to travel to McPherson
Cole Schmitt, Social Media Manager
January 15, 2019
Filed under Boys Basketball, Sports, Winter Sports
Manhattan High School boys Varsity basketball (5-5) gained one win and one loss this week, the loss coming against the Emporia Spartans (6-3), 45-50 and the win coming against the Highland Park Scots (0-10), 60-43. “I thought we gave better effort tonight than we did the other night versus Topek...
Athlete of the Week
Sophia Comas, Sports Editor
January 15, 2019
Filed under Athlete of the Week, Sports
Emily Ostermann Junior Basketball What inspired you to become an athlete? “My parents and my family. Both of my parents are coaches and all of my siblings played when they were younger and I did as well because my mom was my coach. Just seeing how much fun they were having an...
Intramurals lacking in participation
Aloera Ostermann, Blue M Visual Editor
January 15, 2019
Filed under Sports
In the new year many intramural teams have had trouble showing up to their games. Out of the 32 teams, 10 of them have forfeited in the past two days of play. Jan. 7 was the first day back for the teams. Even though the MHS basketball teams themselves were back some of the intramurals kids missed the mem...