The May 3 trip to La Junta was productive as the Manitou Springs girls golf team again finished second in a Tri-Peaks League tournament. It’s the second time that the team has finished second at a league tournament, which is an indication that the team as a whole is developing this season. Tyler Parratt led […]
The Manitou Springs girls soccer team had a chance to bring home a second straight league championship but failure to cash in on scoring opportunities, as well as some creative officiating, resulted in the team dropping just its third game of the season. The Mustangs walked out of UCCS Mountain Lions Stadium after falling to […]
Not every opponent is going to give the Manitou Springs baseball team a quality battle. When those games roll around, it’s important for the entire team to take advantage of the situation and ensure that the Mustangs are consistently playing their style of baseball. That was the case on April 23 as Manitou swept a […]
Making her way into the top 10 of the leaderboard is becoming a regular occurrence for Tyler Parratt. But if the Manitou Springs junior wants to make some noise in the Class 3A girls golf field, she needs to focus on urgency and consistency over the next month. At the Pueblo East Invitational at Walking […]
The Manitou Springs girls soccer team is putting together a strong run of victories as it approaches a highly anticipated showdown with Colorado Springs Christian to conclude the regular season. After the Mustangs’ 5-0 win over Vanguard on April 19, they rolled to a 10-0 defeat of rival St. Mary’s on April 21, and then […]
Taking on the top team in Colorado can certainly provide encouraging results, even when the score isn’t obviously in a team’s favor. The Manitou Springs girls soccer team sustained a 2-1 loss at the hands of Lutheran (the state’s top team, according the Class 3A CHSAANow.com coaches poll), but it was maybe the most encouraging […]
Manitou Springs faltered in the seventh inning against Jefferson Academy on April 14, resulting in arguably their most disappointing loss of the season. But the Mustangs bounced back nicely, getting two huge wins against Salida to kick off Tri-Peaks play. The wins over the Spartans came at a double-header on April 16 and the Mustangs […]
Based on the results of the season’s first Tri-Peaks tournament, the Manitou Springs girls golf team will be competitive this season. Three Mustangs finished in the top 10 of the individual leaderboard and Manitou finished second as a team at Hollydot Golf Course on April 13. Tyler Parratt was the best finisher on the team, […]
With Manitou Springs’ track and field athletes seeing their training paying off, they’re starting to understand that these teams might just be for real. The Mustangs were at the Fountain-Fort Carson Trojan Invite last weekend competing for two days against some of the biggest schools in the area. And the results were good. Not just […]
If his team was going to be tested, Manitou Springs baseball coach Brandon DeMatto preferred it be tested early in the year. That’s what happened the Mustangs hosted The Classical Academy on April 7 and suffered a 10-0 loss, their first loss to a Colorado team this season. Perhaps the key to the game was […]
Before the season started, Manitou Springs girls soccer coach Ben Mack identified five key games his players need to compete well in to have a chance at a special season. It just so happened that two of those games were back-to-back on the schedule, giving the Mustangs a tough challenge early in the year. But […]
A week ago, Manitou Springs track and field coach Anna Mack stressed to her teams that as well as they’ve performed in moments, she wasn’t seeing the results that she had been hoping for. They had to work harder in practice. The Mustangs received the message, loud and clear, and put together a solid performance […]
Long road trips have a way of bringing out the true personality of a team. The Manitou Springs girls soccer team experienced that as they hit the road for games against Bayfield and Pagosa Springs on April 1 and April 2, respectively. The Mustangs (3-1-1 overall) beat Bayfield 9-0 and Pagosa 10-0, but they got […]
The Manitou Springs track team is looking good in a lot of ways. But there’s still a ton of work to do and the coaches and athletes all know it. The Mustangs ventured to Dutch Clark Stadium in Pueblo to compete at the Pueblo County Hornet Invite. There were encouraging results from the usual suspects, […]
Windy weather made for some tough conditions on April 5, but the Manitou Springs girls golf team made the best of it at the Trinidad Invite. The Mustangs finished fourth as a team and were the top Tri-Peaks team in the field. They finished ahead of La Junta, Salida and Rye. Junior Tyler Parratt shot […]
After getting a week off, the Manitou Springs baseball team took advantage of an easy slate of games to get back into playing shape with league play kicking off this weekend. The Mustangs took a 16-6 win over Evangelical Christian Academy on Saturday, April 2 before trouncing Woodland Park 16-1 on Monday. Getting game reps […]
It was cold and rain fell for a while, but the Manitou Springs girls golf team completed action at the TCA Invite at Cherokee Ridge on March 29. It came after the Mustangs practiced for just one day after taking last week off for spring break. Play was expected to be a bit rough, but […]
The Manitou Springs girls soccer team got its first win of the season in a big way. The Mustangs shook off the cold and the rain to beat Thomas MacLaren 11-1 on March 29. It was the first action for the Mustangs (1-1-1 overall) after their return from spring break. The goals came early and […]
A trip to Arizona can certainly provide memories for high school kids, but for the Manitou Springs baseball team, it serves as both a business trip and a fact-finding mission. The Mustangs ventured down to the Phoenix area to get games against high-level opponents while still trying to establish expectations and a mindset for the […]
Photos by Marcus Hill Facing a little tougher competition at the Harrison Panther Invite on March 19, the Manitou Springs track teams still came away with impressive results. The Mustang boys finished fourth in the team standings, and when looking at the individual results, those who were expected to compete well did just that. Lairden […]
