The Manitou Springs boys golf team will have a fresh look in 2022. After reaching the Class 3A state tournament for the past three years, Davis Mack is gone and a new crop of players will have the task of representing Manitou in the season’s biggest tournaments. The good news is that not every face […]
Monday, Aug. 22 Boys golf: At Sand Creek Invite (Valley Hi Golf Course), 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23 Girls volleyball: Fowler at Manitou, 6 pm. Wednesday, Aug. 24 Boys golf: At Tri-Peaks Tournament (Hollydot Golf Course), 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 25 Boys golf: At Mitchell Invite (Cherokee Ridge Golf Course), 8:30 a.m. Girls volleyball: Pueblo […]
Perhaps the biggest myth of athletics at any level is that wins and losses come by what happens on game day. Nothing could be further from the truth. Wins and losses actually come as a result of the effort that is put in during practice and even in the offseason. During Manitou Springs’ baseball trip […]
Jeff Cuno of Gypsum, Colorado, won the Barr Trail Mountain Race on Sunday, July 17. The 27-year-old finished the course to and from Barr Camp in 1 hour, 40 minutes and 48 seconds. Veteran mountain runner Kristina Mascarenas, 33, of Colorado Springs was the top female finisher at 1:54:09, good for seventh place overall. Joseph […]
After a rough first day, Manitou Springs High School’s Tyler Parratt and Madison Sharon settled down to take several strokes off their scores in the second round of the Class 3A girls golf tournament on June 1 at the Broadlands Golf Course in Broomfield. Parratt finished the better of the two Mustangs and carded a […]
For the second year in a row, the Manitou Springs girls golf team sent two players to the Class 3A state tournament. Tyler Parratt and Madison Sharon battled through regionals at Hollydot Golf Course to earn spots at the year’s final tournament, which took place at the Broadlands Golf Course in Broomfield starting Tuesday, May […]
The Manitou Springs baseball season came to an end as the Mustangs lost their first two games of the Class 3A state tournament in Greeley. After falling behind to University early on Friday, May 27, the Mustangs (18-8-1 overall) pulled ahead thanks to a 2-RBI single from Davis Mack. But the lead couldn’t hold up. […]
When the home plate umpire gestured to Canon Feist that he could take first base on an intentional walk, Nate Gentzel was furious. With the game tied in the top of the seventh inning on Saturday, May 21, Lamar would rather take its chances with Gentzel than Feist. The only problem is that Gentzel had […]
Last weekend’s snowstorm put a hitch in the Manitou Springs girls golf team’s plan to compete at regionals. The tournament that was supposed to take place at Hollydot Golf Course in Colorado City on May 23 was moved to Wednesday, May 25, at Hollydot. Results were not available at press time. Next week’s issue will […]
The Manitou Springs track and field team brought a lot of hardware home from the state meet, held at Lakewood’s Jeffco Stadium on May 20 and 21. Various Mustangs claimed medals, one of which was a state championship. Bella Coscetti claimed Manitou’s lone state championship of the event as she took the Class 3A girls […]
The Manitou Springs baseball team learned a hard lesson over the weekend. Mental preparation for baseball doesn’t get to participate in senior week. The Mustangs entered the Tri-Peaks crossovers a little unfocused and it showed on the field. They dropped their first game to Lamar 6-1 before having to battle back and beat Buena Vista […]
The Manitou Springs track team will be taking a large contingent to Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood this week. The Mustangs have put together a solid boys roster that could put them in the mix for a top-four finish, something the program hasn’t done since 2014. When the qualifying lists came out this week, coach Anna […]
Revenge can certainly be a dish best served cold, but for the Manitou Springs girls soccer team it was best served emphatically. After beating St. Mary’s Academy 7-0 in the first round of the Class 3A girls soccer state tournament on May 12, the Mustangs (13-4-1 overall) got another crack at Aspen, the team that […]
In the final tune-up before regionals, the Manitou Springs girls golf team finished third at the Rye Invite at Hollydot Golf Course on May 13. Tyler Parratt paced the Mustangs, shooting a 20-over-par 91 to finish sixth. Madison Sharon shot a 94 and finished in a tie for ninth place. Lily Kocks finished her day […]
With its sights set on winning a league championship, the Manitou Springs track team took the long trip to La Junta on May 7 to compete against the rest of the Tri-Peaks teams. Although the boys team took gold in six events, the Mustangs missed out on a league title by seven points. The 163 […]
Although last week’s loss to Colorado Springs Christian didn’t help the Manitou Springs girls soccer team in terms of its playoff seed, the Mustangs are still rolling into the postseason with a very different mentality than they had a year ago. In 2021, the Mustangs (11-3-1 overall, 5-1 Tri-Peaks) entered the Class 3A state tournament […]
To earn the title of Best of the West, the Manitou Springs baseball team needed two wins against Buena Vista on May 7. So the Mustangs went out and got them. They swept the double-header 9-2 and 14-7 to claim the Tri-Peaks West title. Next up is the league crossover tournament this weekend. The Mustangs […]
The Manitou Springs girls golf team put together another solid tournament to finish second in the Tri-Peaks League. The Mustangs finished second in all three Tri-Peaks tournaments this year, including the final one on May 10 in Trinidad. The Salida Spartans won all three league tournaments to claim the team title. When factoring in all […]
With the calendar turning to May, things are getting real for the Manitou Springs track and field team. The Mustangs are just a couple weeks away from the state meet at Jeffco Stadium, so it’s time get serious about training and the way the team intends on competing for the rest of the year. Luckily, […]
The Manitou Springs baseball team is showing some good fight in it, as evidenced by a 6-3 win over Lamar on April 28 and even an eight-inning 8-6 loss to St. Mary’s on Tuesday, May 3, at UCHealth Park, home of the Rocky Mountain Vibes. Both Lamar and St. Mary’s are regarded as top teams […]
