NORTH MANCHESTER – Manchester Junior-Senior High School is proud to have been recognized by the IHSAA as one of eleven outstanding member schools that achieved the Sportsmanship Award during the past year. Eleven of the 408 IHSAA member schools receiving this award are: Blue River Valley, Central Noble, Clay City, Edinburgh, LaPorte, Manchester, Monrovia, North Knox, North Putnam, Northwestern, and Oak Hill. Each year, member schools of the IHSAA have the opportunity to earn points to achieve this recognition. A restructured sportsmanship program was instituted in 2013-14 offering additional tools to member schools specific to course work and video reminders related to citizenship and sportsmanship. With this new program, higher expectations were set for member-schools. An intentional focus regarding sportsmanship and citizenship will remain a constant point of emphasis. The IHSAA will continue to arm each member with the tools necessary to teach these lessons A banner acknowledging this honor has been presented to the school and will be hung in the high school gymnasium. “We are very proud of our student athletes and coaches who have demonstrated excellent sportsmanship at every game or match to earn this award,” said Manchester Junior-Senior High School principal Nancy Alspaugh. “We value good sportsmanship as an integral part of athletic competition and lifelong learning for our student athletes.”
