It was a bitter sweet end to the 23/24 track season at IHSA State meet in Charleston yesterday. Even though no one made it out of prelims these girls have had a heck of a season and should be proud of themselves. It was amazing they made it and got to experience State. For those that are back next year I hope it keeps them wanting more and to return to Charleston next year. To the seniors, I wish you all the best as you keep moving towards your new goals!
Lady Spartans Softball are the 2A regional champions defeating Williamsville 7-2 at Olympia! Danika Frazier with a 2 -run home run in the bottom of the first inning scoring Jordyn Turner to put the Spartans up 2-1. Kat Springer with an RBI single in the second inning scoring Gabby Frye. In the 5th inning, Libby Shaffer drew a bases loaded walk scoring Shelby Finchum for an RBI and Emma Books followed with a big 2-RBI base hit to put the Spartans up 6-1. Gabby Frye finished the scoring for Olympia in the 6th inning with an RBI single scoring Kat Springer. Frazier allowed 2 runs with 8 strikeouts to improve her record to 23-0. The Spartans improve to 28-1-1 and will play on Wednesday in the Williamsville Sectional.
When: Monday, May 20th*
Where: Library
Summer School: All students starting summer school in June will return their devices and chargers as normal. These students will have a new device issued to them for summer school work.
Fees: Will be determined and assessed based on the details found in our “Olympia Student Device Information” document. This document contains details on the possible fees that could accompany the collection.
* If you have a unique scenario that will not allow for collection on the 20th, please see Mrs. Watkins in the library to work out a solution.
There will be a high school boys basketball parent meeting on Tuesday May 21st in the middle school gym at 6:30pm.
There must have been something special in the air at Pontiac tonight to explain the incredible performance of the OHS boys' track team at the class 2A Sectional meet. Surpassing all expectations, a nearly flawless execution of skills and efforts resulted in 22 personal bests, one school record, 2 Sectional Champions, and state qualification in 7 events! A season-best performance came from Logan Demling(2:11.9)in the 4x800 relay, who combined with Cooper Phillips, Caden Clark (all-time best 2:07.4), and Jacob Lawless(all-time best 2:11.9) for a season-best time of 8:47.24. Other all-time bests included: Evan Petri in the 3200 m run(11:27.11), C.J. Moore in the 800 m run(2:09.24), Jacob Lawless (4:55.23) and Caden Clark (4:58.96) in the 1600 m run, Corbin Rios in the 200(24.92), Koby Stroud in the discus(122'9"), Cohen Maness in the shot put(39'6.5") and T.J. Gellner in the triple jump. State qualifying marks and all-time bests came from Nolen Yeary in the shot put(3rd place at 49'3"), Chase Ragar in the triple jump(Sectional Champ at 42'4.25"....almost a 2-foot best and only 3/4" from the school record!), Cohen Alexander in the 400(3rd place at 51.41), Keagan Uphoff in the 110 hurdles(2nd place at 15.03) and the high jump (a season best of 6'1"), and the 300 hurdles (Section Champ and shattering his 4-day old school record with a breath-taking 38.46 that currently leads class 2A), and capping off the night was Kaden Wilcox(55.0), Cohen Alexander(51.3), Kaleb Jacobs (54.2), and Keagan Uphoff(50.2) to qualify for state in the 4x400 relay with a season-best time by almost 5 seconds!!! Congrats to all and good luck next Friday at Charleston! Great season Spartans, and it's not over yet! Stay tuned for more action-packed news!
Spartans Softball opened post-season play with a 10-0 six inning regional semi-final win over PORTA. Danika Frazier with her second no-hitter of the season, both coming against PORTA. Frazier also with two home runs (3-run HR in the 2nd and a solo HR in the 6th) and 4 RBIs. Shelby Finchum went 4-4 with a double and 2 RBIs. Jordyn Turner with 3 hits, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored. Kat Springer with 3 hits and 3 runs scored. Gabby Frye with 2 hits and a run scored. Lydia Rutledge picked up an RBI. Libby Shaffer with the walk-off RBI base hit in the bottom of the 6th. Frazier finished the game with 13 strikeouts.
Four years of being at school at 7AM for many of the guys in this picture, its bittersweet to say that today was their last day. Special group, multiple record holders, and more importantly tremendous young men!!! #OnceaSpartanalwaysaSpartan
*REMINDER*The Olympia Girls Basketball program is hosting a basketball camp June 3rd-June 5th. To register your girl(s), fill out the information form on the attached flyer and send it to the high school office. THE DEADLINE FOR CAMP FORMS IS MAY 27TH for a guaranteed t-shirt.
The regional softball game scheduled for today at Olympia vs PORTA has been postponed to Wednesday May 15th. The regional game between Williamsville and Dee-Mack will be pushed to May 16th.
The freshmen baseball game scheduled for today May 14th vs. Normal West has been cancelled due to wet field conditions.
🌞 Get ready to power up your summer 🏋️♂️. Registration for summer & strength and speed camp is open to all OHS students, click this link for more details: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gDHpiYeIuCoZ0Y_GpqcPV43grmSh1Bg4w9GYLuhA0t0/edit?usp=drivesdk
Varsity baseball falls in the Monticello regional tonight 5-4 to Warrensburg Latham. Brammeier(2H), Gellner(2B, 3B), Alford (2H), Hohulin, Kleinschmidt and Olson(2B) with a hit apiece. Kindred strikes out 6 in 5 1/3 IP.
The JV bb team jumped out up 3-0 vsNCHS Ironman.Unfortunately the game got rained out.The team had a great season&finished 12-9 w/an 8 game winning streak at one point in the season. Overall Coach Schulz&myself couldn't be any prouder of their improvements &success this season.
Tonight's Regional Baseball game vs. Warrensburg-Latham will now be played at Monticello High School at 4:30pm.
Today's Activities
SENIOR CHROMEBOOK COLLECTION
When: Monday, May 13th through Wednesday, May 15th*
Where: Library
Fees will be determined and attached to Skyward based on the details found in our “Olympia Student Device Information” document (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JNNSqbwIXW_WpnMpfT9MqOBHwKY0oUYXdCUVXfjtyUE/preview). This document contains details on the possible fees that could accompany the collection.
If you have any questions, you can contact Mrs. Watkins in the OHS Media Center.
*If you need to turn in your device & charger before the 13th you may bring it to the OHS Media Center and turn it in to Mrs. Watkins.
The OHS boys' track team continued to make great things happen (including a new school record) in yesterday's 17-team meet at El Paso. The Spartans tallied 83 points for a third place team finish. The team racked up 11 all-time performances throughout the day, including: Corbin Rios (12.22), Nate Conover (12.52), Easton Nowaskie (12.54), and Zach Fry (13.02) in the 100 m dash. In the 200 m dash, Chase Ragar (24.55), Cohen Ellis (27.34), and Adam Post (27.58) all improved their previous personal bests. Cohen Ellis (1:02.07) and Cooper Phillips (43.96) chopped time off in the 400 m dash and the 300 m hurdles respectively, while Blake Youngren added just over a foot (39'10.75") to his previous best toss in the shot put. Senior Keagan Uphoff had arguably one of the best days (if not the best) of his highly decorated high school track career. He took 2nd place in the high jump with a leap of 6'2" and took 1st place in the 110 m hurdles (15.32) and the 300 m hurdles (39.31), with all-time best performances in both events and smashed the 8-year old school record in the 300 m hurdles, which was held by Levi Litwiller at 40.06. Keagan's time in the 300's is ranked #3 in the state in class 2A and only 0.07 seconds behind the state leader. Congratulations Keagan!!! The boys' sectional meet is this Wednesday at Pontiac. Stay tuned folks, we plan to have more great news to share after Wednesday night!
Solid win for JVBB today beating Bloomington HS 6-3. N Walker struck out 7 allowing 1 earned run. R. Wilson came in for the save allowing no runs to close. T. Alexander had 2 RBI's, and B Rinkenberger, R Wilson, and B Fairburn all had 2 hits. R. Wilson had 2 stolen bases.
Today's Activities
Varsity softball traveled to Glasford to take on undefeated Illini Bluffs in the final regular season game for both teams. The Spartans quickly found themselves down 3-0 after giving up three unearned runs in the first inning. But in the top of the third inning, Emma Books ignited the Spartans offense with a 2-run opposite field home run also scoring Sarah Cross. Danika Frazier followed with a base hit to drive in Jordyn Turner to tie the game at 3-3. Frazier with a 2-run opposite field bomb put the Spartans up for good in the 5th. The Spartans scored 8 unanswered runs defeating Illini Bluffs 8-3. Books and Frazier both finished with 2 hits and 3 RBIs. Turner and Cross also with 2 hits a piece. Kat Springer with 2 RBIs. The Spartans pounded out 12 hits. Frazier with the win in the circle with 9 strikeouts. JV finished their season with a 8-4 win.
