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The MSHS boys basketball team reaches the end of their season after their last game for regionals at Montezuma Cortez against The Classical Academy.
MSHS basketball finishes their season at regionals
Paige Haugen, Senior Reporter • March 18, 2026

The Manitou Spring High School’s girls and boys varsity basketball teams had a very successful season, with both teams making it to regionals. The first round of regionals...

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Vienna Montoya-De Smidt (12) and Rhys Parratt (11) place test tubes in a 60 degree water bath. This helps kickstart the bacteria’s growth. “I think he does a really good job of having applied learning and integrating concepts in a very hands-on fashion,” Montoya-De Smidt said. “ I think there was a lot of confusion about how bacterial transformation works and how plasmids interact and such. So being able to actually do it yourself and have it demonstrate the concept and essentially teach yourself how to do it and receive a product, is incredibly rewarding and so that just reinforces your excitement to learn.”
AP Biology conducts jellyfish lab
Cate Pastorius, Junior Reporter • March 12, 2026

Gabrielle Waters, Tiffany Selz, Becket Wendell-Evans (12), and Nicholas Engracia (9) pose for a selfie after participating in a pickleball tournament. Between their assigned activity, groups got to play pickleball and yard games.
Staff, students reflect on Mustang Strong Day
Becket Wendell-Evans, Senior Reporter • March 18, 2026

On March 4, Manitou Springs High School hosted its annual Mustang Strong Day. Mustang Strong Day has been an ongoing tradition within the school and has gone under many...

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"The Romantic," by Bruno Mars was released on February 27, 2026, it is his fourth solo album.
Review: Bruno Mars “The Romantic”
Jael Jacobsen, Senior Reporter • March 18, 2026

Bruno Mars has made four studio albums, including his most recent album called “The Romantic.” This album was released on Feb. 27 and has already hit 26 million streams....

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