The Mentor

Baseball prepares for upcoming season through conditioning

March 2, 2020

As winter sports are wrapping up, spring sports began their first practices together yesterday. Baseball, in particular, began preparing for the season since the second semester began by conditioning after school everyday....

Emporia baseball cancellation causes contention for Centennial league

Kris Long, Opinions Editor

May 13, 2019

On Tuesday Manhattan High was supposed to take on Emporia High, but that game was canceled due to weather. Additionally, according to head coach Don Hess, MHS baseball is ‘not sure’ where they finished in the Centennial Leag...

Baseball takes third place at Diamond Classic over the weekend

Kris Long, Staff Writer

May 6, 2019

Manhattan High traveled to Hays last week to compete in the Diamond Classic from Thursday through Saturday. Manhattan split, winning two and losing two, putting them in third place at the end of the weekend. The tournament ...

Manhattan sweeps Washburn Rural in last home game of season

Kris Long, Staff Writer

April 29, 2019

The Manhattan High baseball team won both their games in a doubleheader against Washburn Rural on Friday, going 9-7 in the first and 5-3 in the second. Both of the games were extremely competitive for the team's senior night as ...

Varsity baseball swept by Seaman High

Kris Long, Staff Writer

April 19, 2019

Manhattan took a loss in both games of their doubleheader to Topeka Seaman on Friday. The games ended 2-5 and 3-8, Manhattan is now 7-3. The first game started off slowly, with no runs scored until the third inning. Freshm...

Varsity baseball trounces Topeka West

Kris Long, Staff Writer

April 17, 2019

Manhattan blew the Chargers away on Tuesday, winning their first game by the biggest margin yet this season, 17-2, and the second 11-1. MHS is now 7 and 1. Things got off to a good start for Manhattan, scoring eight runs in the first...

Varsity Baseball sweeps Topeka High

Kris Long, Staff Writer

April 15, 2019

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 y...

Manhattan split with JC in first home doubleheader of the season

Kris Long, Staff Writer

April 8, 2019

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,...

High expectations for 2019 baseball season

Kris Long, Staff Writer

March 25, 2019

Coming off of a disappointing 2018 season, Varsity baseball is hoping to again contend for a state championship. Last season the team finished with a record of 14-8, but didn’t make it to state; however, they did take second ...

Three-hitter helps baseball to split

Jacob Clanton, Print Editor-in-Chief

May 24, 2018

By itself, a rivalry game is a high pressure environment. Throw in playoff implications, and the pressure can become too much to handle. “The first game,” head coach Don Hess said, “we played well, we played hard, but we wa...

Baseball dominates Topeka High

Micheal Simmons, Sports Editor

May 8, 2018

In every sport there is a certain feeling of momentum, which is what the Manhattan High Varsity baseball team let carry them to a victory against Topeka High 11-1 and 10-4. The team was also met with their Senior Night on Frid...

Baseball takes one from undefeated Shawnee Heights

Jacob Clanton, Print Editor-in-Chief

April 26, 2018

Coming into the doubleheader against Manhattan High, Shawnee Heights was undefeated. The Indians (8-4, 6-4 Centennial League) would change that, swiftly taking game two from the Thunderbirds (8-1, 6-1) 2-0 after dropping the fir...