Manhattan High girls’ tennis finished eighth Saturday at the Olathe South Invitational in Olathe.

Five Manhattan High girls’ golfers set personal records Monday, and the Indians hit their best team total in more than four decades en route to a victory at the Salina South Invitational at the Salina Municipal Golf Course.

Manhattan High cross country placed 10th Saturday at the Missouri Southern Stampede in Joplin, Missouri, a significant improvement on last year’s performance at the same race.

The first of Jonathan Wille’s three interceptions ended Hays’ potential game-tying scoring drive in the second quarter Friday night, and it was all Indians after that as Manhattan High cruised to a 49-7 win at Bishop Stadium.

Manhattan High volleyball head coach Nicole Jones saw a lot of good things in her team’s home opener against Mill Valley Thursday, but she said its ongoing struggles were evident in a four-set loss.

Manhattan High boys’ soccer failed to find an equalizer in the late moments Wednesday in a 2-1 road loss at Blue Valley West.

The Kansas State High School Activities Association voted Wednesday to increase the maximum number of baseball and softball regular-season games high school teams can play to 26 after decades of limiting them to 20.

Manhattan High followed up a tough weekend in Olathe with a pair of wins at a triangular in Great Bend on Tuesday.

Coming back to familiar confines can so often bring much-needed relief, and such was the case for Manhattan High boys’ soccer Tuesday in its home-opening 8-0 thrashing of Wichita South.

Two things jumped off the page at Manhattan High football coach Joe Schartz as he went over the Hays roster in preparation for Friday’s matchup at Bishop Stadium.

Manhattan High volleyball went 1-4 Saturday against stiff competition at the Olathe South tournament.

Manhattan High boys’ soccer faced a tough weekend in three games at the St. Thomas Aquinas quad in Overland Park.

Things are looking a bit different for Manhattan High girls’ tennis right now.

Manhattan High’s cross country teams took second place Saturday at the Emporia Invitational at Jones Park in Emporia.

Manhattan High volleyball opened Year 2 under head coach Nicole Jones this week, picking up a pair of wins in the process.

TOPEKA — When Manhattan High football coach Joe Schartz looked up at the game clock after his team notched its 34th point Thursday, he could hardly believe it was still the first quarter.

Manhattan High girls’ tennis took second out of six teams Wednesday at the Seaman Invite.

Manhattan High girls’ golf placed half its team inside the top 10 Tuesday as the Indians took first place at the Washburn Rural Great Plains Classic at the Wamego Country Club.

Manhattan High football coach Joe Schartz has experienced a bevy of different things during his 15 years at the helm, but he’s never had a team play a game on a Thursday.

As Manhattan High cross country’s Lucas Holdren approached the final 1,000 meters of Saturday’s season-opening race at Warner Park, a host of negative thoughts entered his mind.

It may be a hackneyed phrase by now, but there’s a reason “Oh, what a difference a year makes” has had such staying power in the English lexicon.

Manhattan High girls’ tennis churned out the second-best performance at the Junction City quad Thursday.

Manhattan High boys’ soccer inaugurated its 2023 campaign Thursday with a decisive 5-0 road victory at Seaman.

Manhattan High girls’ golf opened the 2023 season this week with a pair of top-three finishes.

You’d be forgiven for feeling like Bill Murray’s character from “Groundhog Day” while reading another preview story about Manhattan High football taking on Derby.

Ahead of this week’s season opener, Manhattan High football took the field Friday in its annual intrasquad scrimmage.

As fall sports at Manhattan High began Week 2 of practice Monday, the excessive heat oppressing the area this week caused teams that normally play outdoors to adapt their schedules and methods.

A young woman with Manhattan connections is a national champion and is headed to the U.S. Open tennis tournament later this month.

Former Manhattan High standout quarterback Keenan Schartz is about to take his game to the next level, and he hopes that gets him a shot at the level beyond someday.

The advent of August is not only a harbinger of back-to-school preparations for local students but also of back-to-practice arrangements for local athletes.

It may be the offseason, but Manhattan High football keeps winning.

HAYS — Former Manhattan High quarterback Keenan Schartz wanted to one-up his dad, Joe Schartz, by leading his team to victory in the 2023 Kansas Shrine Bowl at Lewis Field Stadium Saturday.

Connie Miller had decided to step down as the head coach of Manhattan High softball just before the 2020 season.

Reese Snowden won the Centennial League co-player of the year award, and eight other Manhattan High girls’ soccer players received all-league honors after the Indians took fourth at the 6A state tournament last month.

Kierra Goos may not have grown up in Manhattan, but the mark she’s left on its softball community won’t fade any time soon.

Tanner Dowling-Burnett had a lofty goal at the start of his senior track and field season in 2023: to break the “unbreakable” record. Or so the top boys’ 4x100-meter relay mark in Manhattan High history was purported to be.

Manhattan High’s Sage Rosario is a Junior Olympic champion once again after winning her second USA Boxing Junior Olympics gold medal in Lubbock, Texas, last week.

Seven local softball players made their way onto the Kansas Softball Coaches Association’s all-state lists over the weekend.

Manhattan High baseball and softball players received postseason honors this week after both participated in the 6A state tournaments over the weekend.

WICHITA — For Manhattan High track and field head coach Kory Cool, the overarching theme of Friday and Saturday’s state meet was overachievement.

WICHITA — Manhattan High girls’ soccer coach Mike Sanchez took time after Friday’s 5-0 loss to Shawnee Mission East in the state semifinals to share embraces and some personal words with several of his players.

The annual Kansas State Track and Field Championship meet kicked off Friday morning in Wichita. Here are a list of area athletes who found the medal stand on the first day of the meet as of press time.

LAWRENCE — No. 6 seed Manhattan High softball was one strike away Thursday from moving on to the semifinals of the 6A state tournament.

LAWRENCE — Manhattan High baseball chose an inopportune occasion to have a clunker.

Manhattan High baseball and softball will open Thursday at their respective 6A state tournaments in Lawrence.

Manhattan High boys’ golf placed sixth Tuesday at the 6A state tournament at Sand Creek Station Golf Course in Newton.

Manhattan High girls’ soccer is headed to the state semifinals for the fifth straight season.

Manhattan High girls’ swimming wrapped up its 2023 campaign Saturday with a 16th-place finish at the 6A state meet at Capitol Federal Natatorium in Topeka.