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Seniors Should Paint Their Spots

Seniors Should Paint Their Spots

Ava Gary-Hernandez, Staff Writer February 26, 2024

The second I hit my senior year I want to do everything like they do in movies. I want to be cool with everyone, I want to win Prom queen, I want to win state in the sports I associate with, I want to...

Scholars Bowl Wins Third Straight League Title

Scholars Bowl Wins Third Straight League Title

Will Ivester, Sports Editor February 13, 2024

The Manhattan High Scholars Bowl team won their third straight Centennial League title last week after losing only a single match in all of League play.  “It means a lot, it’s our team's three-peat,”...

Bowling goes to state

Bowling goes to state

Taryn Robinson, Sports Editor March 7, 2022

Senior Jasmine Bridges wrapped up the Manhattan High School bowling season at State last Thursday. Bowling with tough competition at Wichita North Rock Bowling Alley, Bridges did not place, but was happy...

Junior Mitchell Burger swims for Manhattan High during the boys State tournament on Feb. 19 in Topeka.

Boys swim and dive close season at State

Avery Inman, Staff Writer February 21, 2022

Closing out the 2021-2022 Varsity Boys swim and dive season, seven members of the MHS team competed at State in Topeka Feb. 17-19. The team took 13th place overall.  For senior Zeke Kohl this was...

Scholars Bowl takes second place at state

Ayana Jones, Features Editor February 19, 2022

The Scholars Bowl teams’ season came to an end after placing second at State on Feb. 14th. “It was a higher level of competition,” said senior Grace Higgins. The team had some eventful weeks...

Football falls to Lawrence in sectional final

Football falls to Lawrence in sectional final

Advith Natarajan, Staff Writer November 13, 2021

Manhattan football’s postseason campaign ended last Friday, losing to Lawrence High 41-22 in the quarterfinals of the state tournament.  “They got pretty chippy,” senior defensive lineman...

Cross Country boys runners up at State, girls fifth

Cross Country boys runners up at State, girls fifth

Julianna Poe, Online Editor-in-Chief October 31, 2021

From State in Augusta, both Manhattan High Varsity cross country teams took home top-five finishes out of 12 total teams, with boys in second and girls in fifth.  “The race itself was not fun,...

Sophomore Rylee Wisdom gears up to send the ball down the fairway. Wisdom was the only Manhattan High Varsity golfer to advance to day two of State, placing 34th individually. The team placed 10th overall. Photo courtesy of @ManhattanHighGolf Instagram

Girls Golf takes home 10th

Grant Snowden, Sports Broadcaster October 26, 2021

After having just one golfer play through to the second day of the state championship, Manhattan High's girls golf team left Emporia Tuesday with a 10th-place score of 401. Rylee Wisdom, sophomore,...

Junior Jillian Harkin sends the ball across the tennis court at State. Harkin won the 6A State Championship on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Gerald Wiens

Varsity tennis finishes season fifth at State

Amelia Knopp, Page Editor October 17, 2021

The Manhattan High School Varsity girls tennis team concluded its season with a fifth place finish at State this weekend in Wichita. No. 1 singles player junior Jillian Harkin became the second singles...

Wrestling takes 12th at state, placing four

Kris Long, Opinions Editor March 2, 2020

Manhattan High’s young wrestling team came in12th with 95.5 points in 6A state wrestling to finish the season, the first time since 2009 the team didn’t make the state top 10. Despite the disappointment,...

Manhattan takes fifth in boys and girls regionals, takes nine to state

Kris Long, Opinions Editor February 24, 2020

Manhattan High wrestling came out of both regional tournaments this week and last with a fifth place finish. Eight boys joined #123 sophomore Dache Island-Jones in making the cut, with three of the boys...

BPA students compete at state

Katya Tarabrina, Blue M Organizations Editor February 24, 2020

Last week, BPA club competed at the BPA State Leadership Conference with 21 people, with 14 advancing to Nationals  “I feel like [it] went really well,” junior Rhys Phipps said.  The...

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