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Varsity volleyball plays first quad of season

Rachel Edie, Business Manager September 16, 2019

This past Thursday, the Varsity volleyball team travelled to Silver Lake High to play a quad.  One of their games was against Silver Lake High and ended up going into a third set. The first game...

Volleyball starts season with fighting attitude

Rachel Edie, Business Manager September 9, 2019

For the first tournament of the season, the Varsity volleyball team put forth their top-notch effort. The team traveled to Olathe South to play against five teams, winning two out of the five games,...

Summer volleyball camps prove effective

Rachel Edie, Business Manager August 12, 2019

In summer, it’s common for school sports teams to practice and condition in order to stay in shape for the upcoming season and the volleyball team is no exception.  Volleyball camp started at...

Head volleyball coach retires

Head volleyball coach retires

Micheal Simmons, Blue M Editor-in-Chief November 6, 2018

After nine years as the head volleyball coach, six of which ended in the state tournament, Lisa Kinderknecht has chosen to retire from coaching. Kinderknecht filled the shoes of multiple former coaches...

Volleyball ends season without state tournament

Micheal Simmons, Blue M Editor-In-Chief October 29, 2018

The post-season was cut short for the Manhattan High volleyball team as for the first time in recent years they didn’t make it to the state tournament, losing to their league rivals, Washburn Rural,...

Varsity volleyball swept by high ranking teams, injury strikes

Micheal Simmons, Blue M Editor-in-Chief October 2, 2018

For the first time this season, Varsity volleyball was swept by the competition on Saturday as it lost to four teams, three of which were ranked in the top ten teams in the state. “We have a tendency...

JV Volleyball wins 3-0 at Concordia

Hannah Le, Staff Writer September 18, 2018

The Junior Varsity volleyball team took home a 3-0 win from Concordia on Sept. 17, winning the quad as well. “We played really well tonight and as a team which was a lot better than the past three...

Volleyball gets set back in race for league title

Micheal Simmons, Blue M Editor-In-Chief September 17, 2018

Manhattan High volleyball made history last season by winning their first league title. Their chance to do it again is hanging in the balance, as they lost two of the three matches of their home-opener...

MHS Freshmen Volleyball wins against Washburn, Seamen

Rachel Edie, Staff Writer September 5, 2018

The Manhattan High freshman volleyball team won two out of three games during the first match of their high school career. “We each had a specific role we needed to play and everyone played their...

Seniors add second ‘intramural’

Kami Bussmann, Staff Writer May 24, 2018

Even though Manhattan High School is a 6A school with hundreds of students in attendance that like sports, there is only one sport that offers intramurals for them: basketball. Seniors John Ostermann and...

Volleyball takes fourth at state for second year, individuals make all team

Aloera Ostermann, Staff Writer October 30, 2017

A fourth place finish isn’t how the Manhattan High Volleyball team planned to finish the state tournament Saturday. That placing followed a hard fight that included solid wins on Friday, in part due...

Varsity Volleyball dominates sub-state

Micheal Simmons, Blue M Sports Editor October 30, 2017

Manhattan High Varsity volleyball went 2-0 and placed first in the sub-state tournament against Lawrence Free State and Wichita East. Despite having an outstanding performance on the court, however they...

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