*All stats will be defined at the bottom.
Football:
The Manitou Springs Football team didn’t have the season they were expecting matching last year’s record of 4-5. However, they added a win to their league record making it 2-3. The Mustangs started the season with 2 big wins against Rye and Prospect Ridge. Then went on a 3 game losing streak against Valley, Forge Christian, and Florence. They picked up a home win against La Junta then took a two-game skid against Lamar and Woodland Park. In the final game of the season, they dominated Banning Lewis. The team was led on offense by star running back Logan Moore and receiver Preston Rhodes. On defense, the team was led by Logan Moore, Kyan Bunker, Ashur Lavigne, and Layton Little.
Passing-
Ben Perkins: 69/128, 53.9% CMP%, 750 YDS, 5.9 AVG, 3 TDS, 2 INT
Rushing-
Logan Moore: 144 ATT, 1,323 YDS, 9.2 AVG, 18 TDS, 2 FMB
Ben Perkins: 62 ATT, 158 YDS, 2.6 AVG
Layton Little: 27 ATT, 67 YDS, 2.5 AVG
Cohen Barret 7 ATT, 85 YDS, 12.1 AVG, 1 TDS
Dillon Gates: 6 ATT, 9 YDS, 1.5 AVG, 0 TDS, 1 FMB
Receiving-
Preston Rhodes: 30 REC, 411 YDS, 13.7 AVG, 2 TDS
Logan Moore: 20 REC, 174 YDS, 8.7 AVG, 1 TDS, 1 FMB
Kyan Bunker: 10 REC, 125 YDS, 12.5 AVG
Kaden Bunker: 3 REC, 13 YDS, 4.3 AVG
Layton Little: 3 REC, 6 YDS, 2 AVG
Defense-
Logan Moore: 50 TAK, 3 TFL, 4 INT, 1 DEF TD
Kyan Bunker: 39 TAK, 11 TFL, 3 SAK, 1 INT, 1 FR, 1 DEF TD
Layton Little: 39 TAK, 14 TFL, 3 SAK, 1 SFTY
Ashur Lavigne: 37 TAK, 6 TFL, 2 FR, 1 DEF TD
Dillon Gates: 31 TAK, 7 TFL, 3 SAK
Girls Volleyball:
The Manitou Springs Volleyball team had a rough season going 3-20. They started the season with 12 straight losses, the streak spanning over a month long. They then struck a match winning two of their next three. However, that didn’t last long as they then went on a six-game slide before winning against Thomas MacLaren in the final home game of the season. They lost to La Junta in the same week to end the season. The Mustangs only had two seniors on the team, AJ Jackson and Kloe Roth. They were led by those two with Brooklyn Sheffield, Gracie Esterline, Alice Melvin, and Aleia McBride playing in key varsity roles.
Attacking-
Aleia McBride: 392 K ATT, 108 K, 27.6% K%, 82 ERR
Brooklyn Sheffield: 342 K ATT, 56 K, 16.4% K%, 80 ERR
Leah Aldridge: 279 K ATT, 44 K, 15.8% K%, 65 ERR
Kate Jorstad: 258 K ATT, 36K, 14% K%, 47 ERR
Serving-
Aleia McBride: 219 SRV ATT, 78.5% SRV%, 47 ERR, 56 ACE, 133 P
Gracie Esterline: 185 SRV ATT, 82.7% SRV%, 32 ERR, 21 ACE, 117 P
AJ Jackson: 171 SRV ATT, 92.4% SRV%, 13 ERR, 13 ACE, 115 P
Alice Melvin: 148 SRV ATT, 86.5% SRV%, 20 ERR, 16 ACE, 99 P
Defense-
AJ Jackson: 144 D, 106 D ERR
Aleia McBride: 116 D, 65 D ERR, 20 BLK, 18 BLK ERR
Alice Melvin, 88 D, 44 D ERR,
Brooklyn Sheffield: 27 BLK, 43 BLK ERR
Boys Soccer:
The Manitou Boys Soccer team had a very successful season finishing 10-4-2 overall and 2-1 in league play. They began their season with four straight wins including a dominant 11-1 win over rival St. Marys. They then had two ties and suffered their first loss of the season against Pagosa Springs. Then winning three straight before dropping one at Salida. They did the same for the last 4 games of the season and lost to Woodland Park for the league title. In the first round of the playoffs, the Mustangs took a loss to DSST: College View to put an end to their season. The team was led by the Steger brothers, Alexander offensively, and Sebastian in goal.
Field Stats-
Alexander Steger: 28 G, 3 A, 59 P
Gavin Kopp: 4 G, 3 A, 11 P
Avery Scott: 3 G, 4 A, 10 P
Ezra Gervais: 2 G, 4 A, 8 P
Goaltending-
Sebastian Steger: 17 GA, 1.13 GAA, 109 SV, 84.4 SV%
Cross Country:
The Cross Country teams had very successful seasons with both teams placing in state and the girls finishing runner-up. To start the season both teams finished second at the Widefield Invitational. Then at the Coronado Classic, the girl’s team took home first place. At the Tri-Peaks League Championships, the boy’s team placed third and the girl’s team won first place. The girl’s team also won regionals on their way to state. At the state championships, the girl’s team placed second and the boy’s team placed twelfth. The boy’s team was led by Yonas Hanson, Evan Fugate, and Ethan Traenkle. The girls were led by Elisa Karr, Chloe Bresnahan, and Keyaira Moore.
Team State Championships-
Boys: 12th Place, 18:04 AVG
Girls: 2nd Place, 19:54 AVG
Individual State Championships-
Boys:
Yonas Hanson: 18th Place, 17:05.34
Evan Fugate: 51st Place, 17:42.70
Ethan Traenkle: 78th Place, 18:03.68
Girls:
Keyaira Moore: 7th Place, 19:21.38
Chloe Bresnahan: 8th Place, 19:21.95
Elisa Karr: 9th Place, 19:24.46
Season Best-
Boys:
Ethan Traenkle: 16:58.49
Girls:
Elisa Karr: 18:47.02
Stats:
Football-
CMP%-Completion Percentage, YDS-Yards, AVG-Average, TDS-Touchdowns, INT-Interceptions, ATT-Attempts, FMB-Fumble, REC-Reception, TAK-Tackle, TFL-Tackle For Loss, SAK-Sack, FR-Fumble Recovery, DEF-Defense, SFTY-Safety.
Volleyball-
K ATT-Kill Attempts, K-Kills, K%-Kill Percentage, ERR-Errors, SRV ATT-Serve Attempts, SRV%-Serve Percentage, ACE-Aces, P-Points, D-Digs, BLK-Blocks,
Boys Soccer-
G-Goal, A-Assist, P-Points, GA-Goals Against, GAA-Goals Against Average, SV-Saves, SV%-Save Percentage.
