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Boys wrestling take 2nd; girls 8th

Boys wrestling take 2nd; girls 8th

Kris Long, Print Editor-in-Chief January 22, 2022

The Manhattan High boys and girls Varsity wrestling teams competed in the Bob Kuhn Prairie Classic and Rock Creek girls invitational on Friday and Saturday, placing second and eighth respectively. The...

Boys and girls wrestling compete at Dodge

Boys and girls wrestling compete at Dodge

Kris Long, Print Editor-in-Chief January 10, 2022

MHS boys and girls Varsity wrestling took second with 131.5 team points and eighth with 50.0 points respectively at the Dodge City Tournament on Friday and Saturday in their first competition after winter...

Boys Wrestling hosts home duals; girls compete at Onega

Boys Wrestling hosts home duals; girls compete at Onega

Kris Long, Print Editor-in-Chief December 12, 2021

Manhattan High School boys Varsity wrestling hosted their annual dual tournament this Saturday, winning four out of their five duals and the bracket as a whole, while the girls team traveled to the Onega...

Boys wrestling wins at Great Bend, 8th at GE; girls team debuts

Boys wrestling wins at Great Bend, 8th at GE; girls team debuts

December 5, 2021

Manhattan High boys wrestling opened their season with a 47-25 win in a dual against Great Bend on Thursday and sixth place in the Gardner-Edgerton Invitational on Saturday, while the girls fell in their...

Wrestling sets expectations high, introduces girls team

Wrestling sets expectations high, introduces girls team

Kris Long, Print Editor-in-Chief November 7, 2021

Manhattan High wrestling is expecting a big season this year, with eight returning starters out of 14 places -- four of which are returning state qualifiers -- on the boys side, and the first designated...

MHS starts girls-only wrestling program

Kris Long, Sports Editor April 5, 2021

Manhattan High wrestling began recruiting for the school’s first girls-only wrestling program in the 2021-2022 school year last Thursday. They hope to generate enough interest by May to raise funds to...

Wrestling places 11th at state; Ilalio heavyweight state champion

Kris Long, Sports Editor March 3, 2021

Wrestling took home 11th place at state on Saturday and medaled four out of the five state competitors at head coach Robert Gonzales’s last career wrestling tournament. "It's bittersweet," Gonzales...

Wrestling places 6th at Sub-State

Kris Long, Sports Editor February 25, 2021

Manhattan High Varsity wrestling placed sixth overall and qualified five for the state tournament at the western division Sub-State tournament this weekend, putting them in the running for another top...

Wrestling wins senior night dual by one point

Kris Long, Sports Editor February 3, 2021

One point decided Manhattan High Varsity wrestling’s senior night win against rival Junction City.  The team went 35-34 in a nail-biting, tiebreaker dual on Friday night. “If there's a tie...

With surplus of abilities, Damian Ilalio does it all

Lasirra Hines January 28, 2021

Hard work and perseverance pays off, especially for senior Damian Ilalio. Ilalio has played many sports, including football, baseball and wrestling, since he was younger. “When I was little, my...

Wrestling wins Maize quad

Kris Long, Sports Editor January 28, 2021

Manhattan High Varsity wrestling took home their first quad win on Saturday against Maize, beating Wichita South, Maize and Garden City over the weeked. “We did [well],” assistant coach Shawn Bammes...

Wrestling goes 1-4 at Dodge City Invitational

Kris Long, Sports Editor January 13, 2021

Manhattan High Wrestling took home only one win out of five duals this Saturday at the Dodge City Invitational. Despite this, many of the individual wrestlers performed well over the weekend against tough...

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