This week in Manual athletics: Sept. 30 – Oct. 4
Forward Niko Sapienza leaps into a shot that would turn into a goal for Manual. Photo by Euan Dunn.
September 29, 2019
Football
After defeating North Bullitt last week, the football team will have one game this week. On Thursday, they will travel to Eastern to face off against the Eagles at 7.
ALERT 🚨 BOYS WIN BIG AGAINST NORTH BULLIT 42-3 ! Lots of big plays from the entire team including this one with @zachreck @EliBlakey @WLKY pic.twitter.com/YY4AvTEf2d
— Crimson Crazies (@CrimsonCrazies1) September 28, 2019
Volleyball
The volleyball team will have three games this week. On Monday, they will travel to Brown to play at 6. Following that game, on Wednesday, they will host Eastern at home at 7. This game will be a Crimson/Ram card event. Finally, on Friday and Saturday, they will participate in the Jefferson County Invitational Volleyball Tournament, which will take place at the Ohio Valley Volleyball Center. The game times for this tournament are TBA.
VOLLEYBALL is home again in Butch Charmoli Gymnasium! Crimsons host district opponent Portland Christian. pic.twitter.com/rvs7NacBLo
— Manual Athletics (@ManualAthletics) September 24, 2019
Girls’ Soccer
After defeating both Central and Pleasure Ridge Park last week and then tying Greenwood and losing to Evansville Memorial over the weekend, the girls’ soccer team will only have one game this week. On Thursday, they will travel to St. Henry to play at 5:30.
Our OKI #21 Crimsons bowed 0-1 today to OKI #5 Evansville Memorial on their home field (but we kept them from covering the spread!) All-in-all, a good weekend of soccer for our girls. See you next year, Evansville! pic.twitter.com/dEZqoL9vnO
— Manual Girls Soccer (@manual_girlssoc) September 28, 2019
Boys’ Soccer
After defeating St. Francis and Lexington Catholic last week, the boys’ soccer team is on the road with three away games this week. On Monday, they will travel to Collegiate to play at 7. Then, on Tuesday, they will travel to South Oldham to play at 7:30. Finally, on Thursday, they will play Oldham County at 7:30. This game will be held at Oldham County.
BOYS’ SOCCER defeats Lexington Catholic this morning at Manual Stadium. https://t.co/PfU5yxaeIG
— Manual Athletics (@ManualAthletics) September 28, 2019
Cross Country
Last week, the Cross Country team participated in the Triple M 4k meet. They girls’ team placed first with 9 top 10 finishes and the boys’ team placed second. This week, both teams will travel to Terre Haute, Indiana on Saturday to participate in the Nike Valley Twilight race. The girls’ race will start at 8:15, and the boys’ race will start at 8:45.
Field Hockey
After making it to the semi-finals of the Husky Invitational last week with two ties against Lake Forest and Huron, a win over Loyola and a loss to New Trier, the field hockey team will have two games this week. On Tuesday, they will host their senior night against Mercy at Rachel Baker field at 7. This is a Crimson/Ram card event. Then, on Thursday, they will travel to Kentucky Country Day to play at 6:45.
Varsity advances to the semis! A (shortened) match up of the top 2 teams in the Midwest coming up at 1:10 pm! @ManualAthletics @ITZ_FieldHockey @maxfieldhockey @ManualSportsMed
— Manual Field Hockey (@manualfh) September 28, 2019
Girls’ Golf
The girls’ golf team will begin their postseason play this week with their regional tournament on Monday at Wessinger hills. The time for this tournament is TBA.
Boys’ Golf
The boys’ golf team will also begin postseason play this week with their regional tournament. This tournament will be held at Seneca Golf Course on Tuesday. The start time for this tournament is TBA.
