Varsity softball over Rantoul 17 - 0. JV softball over Rantoul 7 - 0
JV baseball picks up a road win over Tremont. 10 - 4
Softball make up date correction ----- Make up game for varsity softball vs. St. Thomas More is Tuesday April 26th.
The OHS track teams battled some stiff competition, brutal winds and the first hot/humid weather of the season yesterday at the 13-team Rochester Rocket’s Invitational. The boys team finished 4th with 76 points. Top individual finishers of the day were Skyler Biggs (3rd in the shot put with an all-time best 44’9.5”), Keagan Uphoff (2nd in the 300 m hurdles with an all-time best 43.63, Brad Schardan (2nd in the 800 at 2:05.00), and Owen Dare (1st in the 1600 at 4:47.71). Top relays included Anthony Ragland, Cooper Phillips, Owen Dare, & Brad Schardan taking 1st place in the 3200 m relay and Keagan Uphoff, Owen Dare, Anthony Ragland, & Brad Schardan taking 2nd place in the 1600 m relay. Great work guys!
The varsity baseball game scheduled for today April 22nd at Olympia vs. Limestone has been cancelled.
The varsity /JV baseball and the varsity /JV softball games scheduled for today April 18th at Pontiac have been cancelled. Middle School track meet at Bloomington Junior High is also cancelled.
The JV baseball game scheduled for today April 13th at home vs Eureka has been cancelled.
Owen Dare's performance at the Metamora Invite has put him in the running for athlete of the week. Go to Peoria Journal star to vote!
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The OHS boys’ track team had a great day at the highly competitive Metamora Invitational today, placing 7th out of 14 teams. The varsity 3200 meter relay team, consisting of Owen Dare, Logan Demling, Anthony Ragland, and Brad Schardan earned the first of four 1st place medals for the Spartans, with a season-best 8:37.99. Then Owen Dare and Brad Schardan won the 800 and 400 respectively. In the last event of the day(varsity 1600 meter relay), Brad Schardan, Anthony Ragland, Keagan Uphoff, and Owen Dare dominated the field with a season-best 3:37.05! Other placers included Keagan Uphoff (4th) in the high jump and Skyler Biggs (5th) in the shot put, with a season-best toss of 42’ 5.5”. Congrats guys and keep up the good work!
Varsity baseball will now start at 1:00pm on Saturday April 9th vs Cornerstone at Olympia
Varsity softball will now start at 12:00pm on Saturday April 9th at East Peoria and then will play Williamsville at 2:00pm.
The JV baseball game at Washington, Varsity baseball game at East Peoria and girls soccer game at Judah Christian are all cancelled for today April 8th.
The JV baseball game scheduled for today April 6th at Normal West has been cancelled.
Congratulations to the OHS girls track team for their awesome performances at Greenville! The Lady-Spartans placed 3rd out of 17 teams, missing first place by only 4 points! Additionally, the girls brought home 25 medals, with an outstanding 1st place finish by Amelia Kistner in the 2 mile, 2nd by Anna Bieber in the 800, 3rd by Abby Litwiler in the mile, 3rd by Hannah Cleveland in the shot-put, 3rd by Melissa Bieber in the triple jump and 400, 3rd by Kourtney Fann in the 300 hurdles, and 3rd in the girls 4x800 by Chrystal Cornwell, Madison Bales, Anna Bieber, and Kaylie Dare. Fantastic job ladies!!!
The varsity baseball game scheduled for today April 1st vs. U-High at Olympia has been cancelled.
The 3 varsity softball games scheduled for Saturday 4/2/22 at UIS as a part of the PORTA Slam have been cancelled.
The varsity and JV softball and baseball games scheduled for today March 31st vs. Tolono Unity are cancelled. We are working on make up dates.
Varsity/JV softball vs. Tremont today and Varsity/JV baseball vs. Tri Valley for today are all cancelled.
Congrats to the Spartan tracksters that had a successful day at the IL Top Times Meet today! Starting the day off was Owen Dare securing a 6th place medal in the 800 with a season best 2:02.32. Owen was seeded #7 going into the race. Next, Brad Schardan, seeded 22nd in the 400, dropped a full second for a season best time of 53.16 and placed 12th. Rounding out the day, Owen and Brad joined Keagan Uphoff and Cohen Alexander in the 1600 relay to place 11th. Great day guys! This meet concludes the 2022 indoor season and the outdoor track season kicks off 1 week from today at the Greenville Invitational.
Four members of the Olympia High School boy’s track team have qualified for the Class 2A Illinois Top Times indoor Championship track meet held at Wesleyan’s Shirk Center. Seniors Owen Dare and Brad Schardan will run the 800 (scheduled for 11:40) and 400(12:25) meter races, respectively. These two will be joined by sophomore Keagan Uphoff and freshman Cohen Alexander to compete in the 1600 meter relay, scheduled for 1:50. Come see the excitement as these young men do their best to bring home medals from a meet that gathers most of the top track athletes in the state!
