MANCHESTER HS
Sports Briefs
Manchester Girls Golf Opens At Homestead Invitational; Rochester Schools, Athletics Closed Until at least Aug. 24
Along With The IHSAA, Refs Ready For Fall
If the Indiana High School Athletic Association can remain full speed ahead amid the COVID-19 pandemic in offering a full menu of high school sports this fall — an intention that it declared on Wednesday — then it appears game officials won’t be getting in the way, at least not …
Manchester Shuts Down Conditioning Program
In a statement sent to parents before being released publicly Saturday, Manchester Community Schools and its athletic program shut down its off-season conditioning program due to two positive COVID tests. After saying the school corporation has worked closely with the Wabash County Health Department in defining procedures and protocols for …
Manchester Hires Whitko Boys Hoops Coach Eli Henson
Athletic Director Eric Screeton had a wide-ranging search for a new Manchester Squires boys basketball coach, but got his man from a neighboring school and Three Rivers Conference rival. Screeton presented Whitko boys basketball coach Eli Henson to the Manchester Community Schools Board of School Trustees. The trustees approved the …
NFHS Releases Guidance For State Associations To Consider In Re-Opening HS Athletics, Activities
The National Federation of State High School Associations has released guidance for its 51 member state high school associations to consider in re-opening high school athletics and other activity programs across the nation. The guidance document was developed by the NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, a 15-member advisory committee composed …
Manchester Boys Hoops Coach Fired
After four seasons as boys basketball coach, Mark Underwood was fired by the Manchester Community School Corporation’s Board of Trustees this week, a move confirmed by Squire Athletic Director Eric Screeton Thursday.
HS Wrestling Rules Changes Address Weigh-in Procedures, Hair Length
As the result of a concerted effort to accommodate the growing number of female wrestlers, the 2020-21 high school wrestling rules changes are headlined by significant adjustments to weigh-in protocol and appropriate hair length requirements. The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Wrestling Rules Committee met April 5-6 …
Squires Hire Former Asst. As New FB Coach
Athletic director Eric Screeton announced Wednesday former Squire assistant Alyx Brandewie is the new head football coach at Manchester High School. Brandewie is originally from Minster, Ohio, and was teaching and coaching football and baseball there the last two years. Before that he was an assistant coach and eventually the …
IHSAA Cancels Spring Sports Season
After Gov. Eric Holcomb’s order Thursday afternoon for all school building in Indiana remain closed for the remander of the academic year, the IHSAA followed by cancelling the spring sports season for 2020.
Strange Times Leave Spring Sports Student-Athletes, Coaches Doing What They Can To Prepare
Monday was supposed to be the first official day of IHSAA baseball practice. Instead, high schools were closed and practices postponed for weeks because of the Coronavirus pandemic. On local college diamonds, NAIA member Grace College had its season canceled and NCAA Division III Manchester University because of COVID-19 concerns …
IHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament Cancelled
IHSAA Hopes To Have Abbreviated Spring Seasons
Locals Earn IBCA Academic Honorable Mention
Tiger DB, Coach Selected for IFCA?All-Star Game
After Schools Close, IHSAA Opts To Postpone Boys Hoops Regionals
After many school corporations in Indiana, including most in the Times-Union coverage area, the IHSAA and its commissioner, Bobby Cox, announced the boys basketball regionals scheduled for today have been postponed.
