Outstanding effort for JV baseball beating Havana 18-2. Defense &pitching was solid today. B Tackett went the distance on the mound allowing only 6 hits. B Tackett also led the hitting w/3 hits. N Walker,T Alexander, B Fairburn,&M Labelle all had 2 hits a piece. Great job today!
The varsity and JV Softball games scheduled for today April 11th at Rochester have been cancelled due to wet field conditions.
Big win for JV baseball defeating Eureka 4-0. Strong pitching from M Labelle&R Wilson w/the save. Defense&bats were great tonight w/no errors. Big day at the plate for B Tackett w/a solo Homer &2 singles w/2rbi's and O Berlin w/2 singles. Great Job 👏🏻 all.
Varsity baseball falls at Central Catholic tonight 4-0. Hohulin and Alford with a hit apiece. Kindred and Dabney combined 6IP, 5H, 9K, 0ER. Spartans are home tomorrow vs Illini Central.
The Olympia Girls track team showed up last night for our conference quad in Maroa ready to compete. The Olympia girls took 2nd place as a team and hit some season and all time PR’s.
Our 4x1 team consisting of Grace Whiteside, Mya Downs, Madyson Bridgeforth and Charlee Durham ran a season best of 53.37. Amanda Gonzalez took 2nd place in the 3200 meter run where she ran a smart race and saved enough to have a strong finish with a time of 12:40. Palmer Scheets ran a fast 100 and came in first with a time of 13.83. We had 3 runners in the 800 meter run and all 3 of them ran PR’s. Kaylie Dare came in 1st place overall running a 2:41, Sidney Beavers took 3rd place running a 2:55 and Amalia Suarez Gonzalez ran a 3:00. Melissa Bieber ran her season best in the 100m hurdles with a time of 17 seconds and finished in 2nd place. Charlee Durham ran her first open 400 of the season and finished 2nd with a time of 1:02.5. Jorgi Dupureur ran a PR in the 400 with a time of 1:18. Emma Swartzendruber finished 2nd place in the 1600m run with a huge PR running a 5:37, Amelia Kisnter wasn’t far behind her coming in 3rd also running a PR of 5:45. In the 200m run Palmer Scheets had a 2nd place finish and Mya Downs hit a PR running a 29.16. To finish out the night our 4x4 consisting of Mallory Miller, Aj Witham, Amanda Gonzalez and Grace Whiteside got first place with a fast relay. It was a late night but worth it, everyone had a lot of fun and competed well!
Today at Olympia
Huge win for JV baseball tonight defeating Central Catholic 5-4. Strong pitching from T Alexander&J Martin to get the save and win. Defense was great and the team executed on offense. B. Rinkenberger hit a 2 run homer&R Wilson&O Berlin each had 2 hits& scored twice.
Varsity baseball takes one on the chin tonight at Williamsville 18-3. Gellner
(2H, 2B, RBI), Kindred(3B, RBI), Birky, Brammeier, Kleinschmidt, Olson with a hit apiece. Spartans are on the road tomorrow vs Central Catholic.
The OHS Contest Play cast was recognized at the April Board Meeting for winning their sectional competition and qualifying for State. Congratulations to these students and their coaches!
Congratulations to our FFA State Award Winner Reed Naughton! He was recently recognized at the Board Meeting for his accomplishments. Reed will also be recognized at the State FFA Convention this summer in Springfield.
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Today at Olympia
Varsity baseball gets a 9-8 walk off win in extra innings vs New Berlin tonight. Kleinschmidt with 3 hits including the game winner, Kindred (2H, 2RBI), seven other players with a hit apiece. Alford (5IP, 8K's, 2ER), Gellner (1IP, 0ER), Dabney (2IP, 3K's) picks up the win.
Girls soccer wins big on the road! Spartans get back on track with a 4-0 win at Cornerstone Christian tonight! 2 goals a piece off the foot of Raquel Birky and Elyse Eimer. Girls back in action on Thursday as they travel to IVC with kickoff at 6:30!
Today at Olympia
The high school track teams competed yesterday at the Metamora Invitational. Despite the cool breezy weather, the boys' team had some outstanding performances and captured 11 season and/or all-time PRs.
Sophomore Cohen Maness improved his all-time personal best by 10 feet, tossing the discus 85' 1". Season best performances included: Junior Chase Ragar took 4th place in the triple jump with a leap of 39' 5". Junior Cohen Alexander ran 11.56 in the 100 m dash. Senior Keagan Uphoff placed 6th in the 110 m hurdles in 16.10 seconds. Sophomore Evan Petri ran 11:44.17 in the 3200 m run. Sophomores Paul Yeary (58.9) & TJ Gellner (56.7) and Keagan Uphoff (50.5) all had PR 400 m split times. Each of the three sprint relay teams also set new season best times:
Blake Youngren, Cohen Alexander, Kadyn Wilcox, and Keagan Uphoff got 6th place in the 400 m relay in 45.44. Kaden Wilcox, Blake Youngren, Kaleb Jacobs, and Cohen Alexander ran 1:38.58 in the 800 m relay. Kaden Wilcox, Cohen Alexander, Kaleb Jacobs, and Keagan Uphoff got 6th place in the 1600 m relay in 3:38.33.
HS girls Track and Field
Varsity baseball gets a 10-0 win over Cornerstone at Ron Smith Field today. Dabney 2 hits 4 RBI, Hohulin 2 hits 2 RBI, Alford 2 hits, Olson 2 RBI, Kindred picks up the win and a combined shutout with Dabney and Gellner. Conference opener Monday vs New Berlin at home.
Congrats to Coach Smitty today what a great accomplishment!Also great job to JV baseball improving their record to 4-4 w/a run rule over Porta 16-5.Winning pitcher Walker-save Rinkenberger. Hitting stars Walker W/3, Wilson,Rinkenberger&Hemphill w/2 all having 2 RBI's as well.
