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!
The varsity and JV softball games scheduled for Saturday March 26th at Olympia vs Metamora and Lincoln are cancelled.
The varsity and JV baseball games scheduled against Pekin for today March 25th have been cancelled.
The varsity baseball game scheduled for today March 24th vs Clinton at Olympia is cancelled.
The varsity baseball game scheduled for today March 22nd at Washington is cancelled.
The cancelled track practice for today, referred to in the previous post, is middle school track. Middle School track practice is cancelled for today.
The JV and Varsity Baseball games scheduled for today March 14th at Olympia vs. Brimfield have been cancelled due to field conditions.
The annual Mr. Spartan pageant is on as scheduled for tonight at 7:00pm in the high school auditorium. Come out and take part in this Olympia High School tradition.