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Girls’ lacrosse team introduces cuts to handle new membership

Last year, the girls’ lacrosse team had a record number of participating freshmen. In order to manage the increasing interest, Head Coach Samantha Canary has decided to implement cuts. Since the program’s start in 2000, the girls’ lacrosse team has been no-cut on both the varsity and JV level. Though Coach Canary does not want [...]

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Manual’s field hockey team ranked 19th in the nation

The 2011 State Champion field hockey team has officially been ranked 19th in the nation by Top of the Circle, the world’s largest resource for field hockey rankings and ratings. The website’s rankings list the top fifty high school field hockey teams in the nation. The girls’ field hockey team finished its 2011 season with [...]

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Sports Recap: “While You Were Out…”

While you were out, our very own Manual athletics strove to get better and compete. Here is a breakdown of the events and their outcomes that happened over the break: LADY CRIMSONS Lexington Catholic Republic Bank Holiday Classic Defeated Simon Kenton, East Carter, Christian Academy, Ballard, and finally Mercy to win the entire tournament. Braggin’ [...]

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Baseball team bonds by playing team soccer

On Dec. 15, 2011,some of the players from the duPont Manual baseball team ended their indoor soccer season at Mockingbird Valley indoor Soccer Complex. According to the players, although they lost every game, they left the field with a great bonding experience which helped add to the quality of the baseball season. Being on the [...]

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Indoor girls soccer league begins soon

The Girls Indoor Soccer League is starting up next Friday for Manual players or any Manual girl who wants to play in addition to the regular season soccer and possibly club soccer. From January 13 to March 23 there will be eight games played either on Fridays or Saturdays at the River City Sports Arena. Alex Rendon the [...]

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Gallery: Boys’ basketball vs. Ballard

On January 6th, duPont Manual’s boys basketball team took on sixth-ranked Ballard high school at Ballard. Despite overcoming a double digit deficit in the second half, the Crimsons still fell by a score of 81-79 after a game-winning three pointer was waived by way of a timeout called before the shot..

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Lady Crimsons win big tournaments

On Dec. 28-30, the duPont Manual Lady Crimsons went to a important tournament in Cincinnati, winning all three of their games. The team was extremely happy that they had won all their games in one of the biggest tournaments of their season. ”Those teams were a lot more competitive than anyone we have ever played, so to win those were [...]

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Manual football team hard at work during off-season

Following their 55-0 defeat against Trinity high school in district play on November 11, the Manual football team is hitting the weight room in preparation for next season. “It’s a time when you can find out who you really are. its a great way to test your limits both physically and mentally,” kicker Mitchell Kahle [...]

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Boys’ basketball is off to a successful start

The dupont Manual Boys’ Basketball team has begun the season with an 11-4 record.  Seniors Quintez Thompson and Brian Repishti lead the team with 18 points and 10 points per game respectively, along with major contributions from fellow seniors Noel Ekman and Andre Gray.  “I feel that we have gotten out to a pretty good [...]

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Track team has “core” plan for high performance

The track team has taken on a new workout program at practices to prepare for the upcoming season. “This year we just started a program with Coach Rigdon…so that we can get our core stronger. That way it’s not just our legs that are strong and the rest of our bodies are weak,” Mary King [...]

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