By Emma Loura

Manhattan High School athletics received a technical upgrade with the installation of a video board and a new sound system at Bishop Stadium.

The upgrades came about when Mitch Watson and Shawn Becket, both parents of Manhattan High students, noticed poor sound quality when they attended football matches and deciding to do something about it.

“It started out several years ago, attending Friday night football games and noticing the sound quality was really poor,” Watson said. “The dance team would have to roll out speakers at halftime when they wanted to perform and it was somewhat embarrassing that we didn’t have a better sound system than that.”

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Manhattan High sporting events at CiCo Park’s Bishop Stadium will have a different experience going forward after a new video board was constructed on the south end of the stadium this summer.
Staff photo by Lewis Marien
A runner on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, approaches the new Daktronics video board, which is under construction at the south end of CiCo Park’s Bishop Stadium in Manhattan. Private donors helped fund the project. The stadium is where Manhattan High’s track and field, football and soccer teams all compete. Staff photo by Lewis Marien

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