Friday Night Football vs. Pleasant Plains. The proceeds from our admissions gate on Friday Night for our varsity game with Pleasant Plains will be donated to the medical fund for Pleasant Plains football player Jayden Veesenmeyer. Donations will also be taken. Thank you.
Some of our classes are having difficulty locating a hayrack, finding a location to build the float and securing someone to drive the float for our Homecoming Parade. If you are willing to help in any of these capacities, please contact the high school. Thank you
The OHS XC teams had an outstanding day at the Peoria High School Invitational held at Detweiller Park today! Each team was limited to 7 runners and all 14 of our runners had either a season-best time (5 of them) or an all-time best (9 of them). The girls’ team finished 10th out of 34 1A and 2A teams. The Lady Spartans were the top 1A team in the field today. Sophomore Amelia Kistner (18:54) led the team, followed by Abby Litwiller (19:32), Anna Bieber (19:45), Emma Swartzendruber (20:08), Cam Lawson (20:22), Kaylie Dare (21:02), and Raquel Birky (21:25).
The boys finished 29th out of 41 1A and 2A teams. Junior Logan Demling (16:23) was Olympia’s leader today, followed by Cooper Phillips (16:42), Caden Clark (17:07), CJ Moore (17:31), Evan Petri (19:46), Landon Smith (19:56), and Paul Yeary (22:02). Congratulations everyone!!
Due to lack of interest, the Business Club Trivia Night scheduled for October 8th has been canceled
Congratulations to the OHS girls golf team for placing 6 out of 14 at the Metamora Regional. The team recorded a season best 368. The Lady Spartans were led by Madi Barnes and Lexy Douglas who will be moving on to the Kawanee Sectional on Monday.
The OHS XC teams raced yesterday at the notoriously challenging course at the 16-team El Paso-Gridley Invitational. The girls’ team brought home the third place trophy, with Amelia Kistner (7th), Anna Bieber (18th), and Emma Swartzendruber (20th) finishing in the medals, while Cam Lawson and Kaylie Dare rounded out the top-5 for the team.
The boys finished 7th, with Logan Demling (17th) finishing in the medals and Cooper Phillips, Caden Clark, CJ Moore, and Evan Petri filling in the top-5 for the team.
At this meet, the coaches choose one girl and one boy for the Gourd Award. This award goes to the athlete that they feel had the best personal race of the day. This year’s Gourd Award recipients were foreign exchange student Irati Zaldua and freshman Paul Yeary.
The Olympia Student council is accepting senior baby pictures for the homecoming beautiful baby contest. Get your pictures to Mrs. Cooper by October 13th.
Olympia JV football gets a big 38-14 win over New Berlin tonight. Great Team Win. Bobby Fairburn and Cole Bauer score their first career TD's tonight. Rashad had two TD's and the Defense forced 4 fumbles and Luke Hopkins execute a perfect onside kick. #spearsup
Spartans move to 3 and 2 on the season with a win over New Berlin.
Due to inclement weather OMS Cross Country is going to cancel practice. We will see everyone tomorrow at 7:45 (or 7:30 for volunteers) for our home meet!
Congratulations to Ethan Barnes for advancing to the IESA State Golf Tournament last week. He shot a 92, placing 49th overall. Great Job!!!!
The OMS Softball team is off to state. Thank you to Stanford Fire and Police, Danvers Fire and Police, McLean Police, McLean County Police, Minier Police and EMS, and Mt Hope Funks Grove EMS for the escort. Lady Spartans take on Frankfort Hickory Creek today at 10:30 am
The Olympia girls golf team finished in 3rd place at the Sangamo Conference tournament. Leading the Lady Spartans was Madi Barnes placing 8th overall.
Spartans Soccer (8-6-1) wins a close match over Rantoul at home 3-2.
Goalkeeper Elijah Smith makes 13 saves including a penalty kick late in the second half.
Jace Whitted scores twice then assists a goal by George Martin. Assists also by Tyler Carroll and Evan Deterding.
Join us on Senior Night this Tuesday, Sept 27th at OHMS Stadium in honoring our 6 talented Senior Spartans at 4:15p prior to game time.
📸 Brooke Rogers
Homecoming 2022. Get signed up to be in the homecoming parade on Oct. 19th. Teams, organization, clubs, classic cars, businesses etc.
The results are in. After all the votes have been counted. The name for our Spartan Mascot is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spartacus or Sparty for short.
Here is the link to get spirit wear for our girls heading to IESA state softball this weekend.
https://spartansoftballstatefinals2022.itemorder.com/
Congratulations to the OMS girls softball team, who are sectional champions with a 9-1 win over Ottawa Shepherd this afternoon. The girls advance to the 3A state finals and will play Frankfort Hickory Creek in the 10:30 a.m. game at Champion Fields in Normal.
The OHS XC teams competed in the 22-team Dunlap Invitational today. The girls finished 5th as a team, with Amelia Kistner (12th @ 19:41) and Anna Bieber (20th @ season-best 20:14) winning individual medals. Completing the top-5 lady Spartans were Abby Litwiller, Emma Swartzendruber, and Cam Lawson. Great job ladies!
In the boys’ race, Logan Demling (14th @ season-best 16:56) and Caden Clark (19th @ 17:09) earned medals, with C.J. Moore, Landon Smith (season-best 20:27) and Evan Petri rounding out the top-5.
Congrats to all! Keep up the great work!
