Editing DuPont Manual High School (section)

==Athletics==

===Football===
{{Main|Manual Crimsons football}}
{{summarize|from|Manual Crimsons football|section=y|date=October 2016}}

===Other sports===
[[John Reccius]], an early [[Major League Baseball]] player, organized Manual's first baseball team in 1900. An early baseball star was [[Ferdie Schupp]], who would go on to pitch in the [[1917 World Series]], but left Manual two months before graduating. Manual claims seven "mythical" state baseball championships and has won six official ones, most recently in 1962. A total of ten Manual players have played in Major League Baseball, most notably [[Pee Wee Reese]].<ref>McDaniel ''Stand up and Cheer'' p. 133</ref>

The varsity [[cheerleading|cheerleaders]] have won several NCA National Championship titles. In 1997, 1998, 2004, and 2005, they won the Large Varsity Division, and in 2003 and 2006 they won the Medium Varsity Division title.<ref name="CheerStats">{{cite web|title=National Cheerleaders Association :: Wall of Fame – High School Nationals |url=http://www.nca.varsity.com/hsnwalloffame.aspx |access-date=April 13, 2009 |publisher=Varsity Brands, Inc. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401174157/http://www.nca.varsity.com/hsnwalloffame.aspx |archive-date=April 1, 2009  }}</ref> Varsity boys' [[soccer]] was second at states in 2005 and third in 2004.<ref name=soccer05>{{cite web|title=Boys State Bracket 05|url=http://www.khsaa.org/soccer/2005/boysstatebracket05.pdf|access-date=April 13, 2009|publisher=Kentucky High School Athletic Association}}</ref><ref name=soccer04>{{cite web|title=2004 Boys Bracket|url=http://www.khsaa.org/soccer/2004/2004boysbracket.pdf|access-date=April 13, 2009|publisher=Kentucky High School Athletic Association}}</ref>

In 2006, the Manual girls' [[Cross country running|cross country]] team won the school's first team title after placing second in 2004 and 2005. The 2006 win was the first championship for a Jefferson County, Kentucky Class AAA Public School since 1980. In 2007, the Manual boys' cross country team also won a Class AAA state championship.<ref name="xcountry">{{cite web|title=Kentucky High School Athletic Association Cross Country |url=http://www.khsaa.org/cross_country/ |access-date=September 12, 2008 |publisher=Kentucky High School Athletic Association |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913142322/http://www.khsaa.org/cross_country/ |archive-date=September 13, 2008  }}</ref>

The [[Swimming (sport)|swim]] team maintained state titles from 2003 to 2008. From 2004 through 2008, Manual won the Combined Girls' and Boys' State Championship, and the girls maintained their own state championship from 2005 through 2008.<ref name="swimming">{{cite web|title=Kentucky High School Athletic Association Swimming|url=http://www.khsaa.org/swimming/ |access-date=September 12, 2008 |publisher=Kentucky High School Athletic Association}}</ref>

The boys' [[tennis]] team achieved their best finish at the [[Kentucky High School Athletic Association|KHSAA]] State Tennis Tournament in 2008 by winning the team title.<ref name="KHSAA Tennis">{{cite web|title=Kentucky High School Athletic Association Tennis Championship Results|url=http://www.khsaa.org/tennis/2008/tnday3.htm |access-date=February 18, 2009 |publisher="Kentucky High School Athletic Association}}</ref>  Previously, their best result had come in 2006 when they tied rival [[St. Xavier High School, Louisville, Kentucky|St. Xavier High School]] for second place. The boys' team also won the state doubles title in 2006, which was the first state title in Ram tennis history on the boys' side. The team had five consecutive runner up positions from the 2001—2002 year until the 2005—2006 year. In 2008, the Manual boys' tennis team went on to win the first ever regional tournament in Manual history. The state team won the state title in 2008, making Manual the second public school to ever win the title.<ref name="tennis">{{cite web|title=Kentucky High School Athletic Association Tennis|url=http://www.khsaa.org/tennis/ |access-date=September 12, 2008 |publisher=Kentucky High School Athletic Association}}</ref>

The boys' [[bowling]] team won the state title in 2010.<ref name="bowling">{{cite web|title=Kentucky High School Bowling| url=http://www.kyhighschoolbowling.com/ |access-date=March 16, 2010}}</ref> The school also offers [[basketball]], [[dance]] (called the Dazzlers), [[field hockey]], [[golf]], [[lacrosse]], and [[volleyball]], among other sports teams.<ref name=SportsTeams>{{cite web|title=Manual Crimson Sports Teams|url=http://www.dupontmanual.com/teams.htm|publisher=duPont Manual High School|access-date=April 13, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207123106/http://www.dupontmanual.com/teams.htm|archive-date=February 7, 2009}}</ref>

The varsity field hockey team won the state title in 2011 for the first time in the history of the program.

DuPont Manual girls' lacrosse has won many state titles and tournament trophies since 2001, when the program was developed.