Photo by Bryan Oller Bella Coscetti battles for a rebound during Manitou’s game against Buena Vista. On the night the seniors were honored, they stepped up in a big way as the Manitou Springs girls basketball team defeated Buena Vista, 46-40, on Tuesday, Feb. 8. This is the second league win in three games for […]
A lot has been made about the small size of the Manitou Springs girls swim team, but a lot also needs to be said about the swimmers’ ability to compete. The Mustangs are heading to the Tri-Peaks meet at Fountain-Fort Carson High School this weekend. Coach Whitney Nuci’s goals center around placement and making state […]
The Manitou Springs girls basketball team ended its five-game losing streak and clamped down defensively to beat Florence 46-17 on Feb. 1. The game had originally been scheduled to be played a day later, but the incoming snowstorm prompted a reschedule and the Mustangs made the trip a day early. The change didn’t seem to […]
The Manitou Springs wrestling teams will get their first taste of postseason action when they head to the Tri-Peaks League tournament in Buena Vista this week. The tournament should give the Mustangs a good idea of their abilities with regionals on the horizon a week later. Throughout the roster, the Mustangs have four wrestlers who […]
In a big way at a big time, Lairden Rogge started knocking down shot after shot. His performance in the Manitou Springs boys basketball team’s 85-59 win over Vanguard was one of the best offensive outputs in recent years and certainly the best offensive performance by a Mustang all season. “The last two games we’ve […]
No matter the sport, no matter the day, Manitou Springs always finds a way to perform at its best when St. Mary’s comes to town. The Pirates boys basketball team is seen as a state championship contender this season, but the Mustangs didn’t care. They eventually lost the Jan. 19 game 72-53, but had the […]
The Manitou Springs girls basketball team is in desperate need of a spark to fire up a hot finish to the regular season. The Mustangs suffered losses to St. Mary’s and Ellicott last week, making the remaining games in the Tri-Peaks League very important in terms of seeding for districts and playoff hopes as a […]
With an eye on the league swim meet, the Manitou Springs team isn’t letting its modest roster size stop it from succeeding. The Mustangs have had good looks against their league opponents and know, going into the Tri-Peaks meet at Fountain-Fort Carson, that they’re capable of finishing within the Top 3 of the team standings. […]
Both Manitou Springs wrestling teams came out of the Colorado Springs Metros tournaments with hardware as they head to the final stretch of the regular season. Grayer Whipkey had one of his best tournament performances of the year as he battled to a seventh-place finish in the 120-pound bracket. He lost his first match in […]
After the first quarter against Colorado Springs Christian School, the Manitou girls basketball team was down just five points. Scoring the rest of the way, however, turned out to be a tall task. The Mustangs scored just seven points over the final three quarters to fall to the Lions 52-17 on Jan. 13. In those […]
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but rather the fight in the dog. That’s the attitude that the Manitou Springs girls swim team took into the Hornet Invite at Pueblo County on Jan. 14. And it was a mentality that allowed the Mustangs to come away with very encouraging results, considering […]
The Mel Smith Invitational in Florence is traditionally one of the season’s toughest wrestling tournaments, and the results certainly showed it to still be the case. The Manitou Springs boys wrestling team did not have the same success it had at Denver South in the first tournament back from winter break. Six Mustangs placed at […]
This is going to be a season for a lot of learning on the fly. The lesson that the Manitou Springs boys basketball team needs to take away from its two losses last week is to be able to win close games where they’re either tied or have the lead late. The Mustangs (5-5 overall, […]
Home court was a lot friendlier to the Manitou Springs boys basketball team on Jan. 7 than it was in the season-opener. That loss to Peyton back in December was filled with indecisiveness and offensive struggles. That wasn’t the case in the 52-45 win over Banning Lewis. The Mustangs (5-3 overall, 3-0 Tri-Peaks) shot the […]
The Manitou Springs wrestling team looked well-rested when they returned to the mat on Jan. 8 for the Ravens Rumble wrestling tournament at Denver South. Six Mustangs walked away with medals at an invite that featured a lot of tough competition. The wins certainly indicate a step forward for the wrestlers, but getting them at […]
The Manitou Springs girls basketball team wasted no time in getting back to form coming out of the winter break. The Mustangs saw action in two games last week, getting a 56-37 win over James Irwin and a 42-18 win over Banning Lewis, getting their first league wins of the season. With a team’s conditioning […]
Last weekend was an experience that the Manitou Springs swim team had been badly missing. It’s been two years since the team went to the Cheyenne Mountain Invite to compete in an atmosphere that closely resembles a state tournament. This year’s Manitou team was certainly smaller in size than the last group of Mustangs […]
The Manitou Springs girls basketball team was hoping to get a fast start to winning Tri-Peaks League games. Instead, the scoring urgency was sluggish and a quick deficit led to a 48-41 loss to La Junta in the season’s first league game. The Mustangs (3-3 overall, 0-1 Tri-Peaks) found themselves down 10-0 early, which forced […]
It’s always nice heading into a winter break with a win, and that’s what the Manitou Springs boys basketball team gets to experience after a 44-39 win over La Junta on Dec. 16. The victory came at a much different pace than the Mustangs (3-3 overall, 1-0 Tri-Peaks) played at in last week’s road loss […]
It’s still early, but if there is one thing that the Manitou Springs girls basketball team has learned about itself, it’s that the Mustangs have plenty of options when it comes to scoring. And that’s going to be a big key to their success in the 2021-22 season. After Ashlyn Thomson and Lexi Vigil […]
