On Sunday May 15th Olympia held it's annual Hall of Fame/Senior Recognition banquet. The Hall of Fame classes of 2020 and 2022 were official inducted and the graduating seniors who participated in activities were recognized. The Hall of Fame Class of 2020 included the Loeffler Family, Kari (Larking) Klein, Jerry Webb, David Mauer and John Neisler. The Hall of Fame Class of 2022 included Bryan Hoffman, Mike Neisler, Matt Frahm, the 1998 Contest Play and the 2009 Boys Basketball Team.
Congratulations to Sarah Cross who broke her own school record in the clean this morning with a lift of 180 pounds! #Girlpower
Congratulations to Reygan Sitton for break the Boy's record in the Clean with a lift of 305 Pounds. Awesome Work #Leavenodoubt
The OHS boys track team took 3rd place at the 17-team invitational at El Paso High School yesterday. The team tallied 18 season and/or all-time personal best performances! Top placers were: Caden Clark (1st in the 3200 m run), Reygan Sitton (2nd in the 100 m dash with an all-time best 11.24), Brad Schardan (1st in the 800 with an all-time best 2:02.04), Anthony Ragland (2nd in the 800 with an all-time best 2:05.92), Keagan Uphoff (2nd in the 300 hurdles at 42.37), Owen Dare (3rd in the 1600 at 4:31.86), Chase Litwiller (2nd in the high jump at 6’ 0”), and Keagan Uphoff, Anthony Ragland, Owen Dare, & Brad Schardan (1st in the 1600 relay with a season-best 3:31.98). Come and watch the Spartans at their Sectional meet this Wednesday at Metamora High School. Field events begin at 4:00 and running events at 5:30.
A quick thank you to all the football coaching staffs that have visited our building in the last few weeks. Exciting to see some big time programs at our school. Really cool to see our players, and our program attracting this type of attention. #Keepgrinding
Congratulations to Austin Swan for his decision to continue his football career at Eureka College. Great to see our guys going on to the next level. They are getting a great one!
The freshmen baseball game scheduled for today May 9th at Normal Community has been cancelled.
Details ------- In their first year, Olympia Anglers win the Sectional. Josh Boots and Brantson Komnick lead the team to a sectional victory with a weight of 13.68 lbs and the tournament big bass of 6.82 lbs, caught by Josh Boots . Their teammates Aiden Fosdick and Blaine Halley respectfully made the decision to keep Josh and Brantson in the boat all day, knowing that they were doing well and had a chance to take our whole team to state. We are very proud of Aiden and Blaine's decision. Aiden and Blaine will be traveling to state with Josh and Brantson. We are equally as proud of our number 2 boat of Nick Siebert, Jackson Long, Jason Boots and Brandon Wood. They battled the rain also and weighed 4 fish for 4 lbs and never gave up. A Special thanks to Carter Lynch for showing up to support his team. It doesnt matter who caught the fish or who didnt. We are all one big family and we will compete at the state championship at Carlyle lake as one big family. Thanks to all who made this possible. Ken Petersen, Scott Boots, Ryan Komnick, BJ Long, Andrew Green, Bill Hopkins, Brett Goodman, Amy Siebert and Stacey Boots.
Varsity baseball vs. Pleasant Plains and HS Girls track at Clifton Central are both cancelled for today.
Congratulations to the Olympia Anglers for winning the IHSA Bass Fishing Sectional at Lake Evergreen today.
Freshmen Baseball at Washington is cancelled - no make up.. Varsity and JV Softball vs. Prairie Central is postponed to Monday May 9th. Varsity baseball vs. Prairie Central is postponed to Friday May 13th. JV baseball vs. Prairie Central is cancelled with no make up date.
OHS Soccer WINS 4-1 over Decatur Lutheran on Senior Night honoring our exchange students Kaat Biskanter, Lea Gersdorf, and Sofia del Val.
Raquel Birky earns a hat trick. Brooke Rogers also finds the net. Assists by Tarah Hilt, Grace Birkey, Kensie Kleinschmidt, and Andi Ewalt.
Thank you to all the Junior High players who came out to scrimmage with us after the match!
The OHS boys track team had a great meet at the Eureka Invitational last Friday night. The Spartans finished 3rd place in the 14-team meet, scoring 79 points(only 8 points behind 1st place). Unfortunately, the meet was canceled due to lightning with 2 events remaining and Olympia was seeded to win one of them and to place in the top two in the other. Those points could have pushed the Spartans into 1st place. Nonetheless, it was a great team effort with many athletes performing big season-bests and 13 placers in 16 events. Top individuals were Keagan Uphoff (2nd in the 110 hurdles in a season-best 17.28 and 1st in the 300 hurdles at 42.92), Reygan Sitton (1st in the 100 in 11.69), Owen Dare (3rd in the 800 in a season-best 1:59.27), Brad Schardan (1st in the 400 in a season-best 51.72), Cooper Phillips (3rd in the 300 hurdles in 46.97), Logan Demling (4th in the 1600 in a season-best 4:51.08), Chase Ragar (4th in the triple jump at 37’ 11.5”), Skyler Biggs (4th in the shot put at 42’ 9”), and Chase Litwiller (1st in the high jump at 6’ 3”). Oly’s top relay finish was in the 3200 meter relay where they took 3rd place(Anthony Ragland, Logan Demling, Caden Clark, and Cooper Phillips).
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.