Congrats to both OHS XC teams for bringing home trophies from the El Paso-Gridley Invitational yesterday. The Lady Spartans placed 3rd out of 13 teams and were only 4 points behind the state-ranked Eureka Hornets. Junior Abby Litwiller was an individual award-winner, placing 4th overall out of 107 runners.
The guys were team champs out of 16 teams and had their top 5 runners earning individual awards! The top placer for the guys was senior Anthony Ragland (5th), followed by seniors Carter Phillips (6th) and Owen Dare(12th), and sophomores Logan Demling (13th) and Caden Clark(18th).
The coveted “Gourd Awards,” given for running an “out of your mind” type of race, were given to Cooper Phillips and Amelia Kistner. Awesome work ladies and gents!
Spartans WIN over Unity Rockets 4-1.
Alex Yoder and Jace Whitted finish 2 goals each. Assists by Elijah Smith, Elliott Hohulin, George Martin and Matt Van Dyke.
Activities Today
In a breakout performance this Saturday, the OMS boys ended up taking home a trophy at the 2021 Spartan Spectacular! Athletes JT Piper (6th place, 12:04) and CJ Moore (10th, 12:15) led the pack, with Hollis Scheets (13:00), Clayton Piper (13:08), Tucker Garey (13:39), Kaleb Jacobs (13:54), and Evan Petri (14:02) rounding out the top 7.
On the girl’s side, Olympia placed 7th. Mira Kistner led with a personal best time of 14:38. She was followed closely by Kamryn Rader (14:47) and Adriana Jenkins (14:48). Athletes Jersey Holloway (15:05), Nina Salvator (15:21), Natalie Collins (15:54), and Abigail Hoeft (16:44) also boasted impressive performances.
A special thanks to all the parents, high school athletes, and staff who donated to or volunteered for our home meet. It was the fabulous Olympia community that made this happen! GO SPARTANS!
Read the full article covering the event here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nxUKg6_evDBZaTlKUXtulGu4ST7qQVWzQo_2wOHiayE/edit?usp=sharing
OHS Cheerleaders & Mini Camp Cheerleaders cheering on the Olympia Spartans at last night’s football game!
📸: Darrel Dubree
Battle of the Spartans tonight as Olympia takes on St. Joseph Ogden. Tonight is also JFL night and Mini Cheer night.
September 22nd Activities
Girls Golf @ Limestone at 4:00
Boys Golf home vs. Rantoul at 4:00
The girls swim meet scheduled for today Sept. 21st has been cancelled. No practice today.
Congratulations to the OMS boys on a phenomenal showing this past Saturday at Mahomet-Seymour. JT Piper lead the varsity with a personal best of 12:06. He was followed by Hollis Scheets (12:55), Clayton Piper (13:06), Kaleb Jacobs (13:16), Tucker Garey (13:28), Evan Petri (13:53), and Owen Knuffman (14:21).
There was lots of success on the JV side too! Callan Clark (15:11), Hunter Fahsbender (15:44), Jacob Haines (18:49), Colton Hemphill (20:07), Wesley Hemphill (16:46), Jaymin Knox (15:39), Colby Maness (16:04), Wyatt Prince (18:12), and Reece Yero (16:06) all had season best performances. Nice job Spartans! The future looks bright!
Congratulations to the Olympia Girls Swim Team for placing 1st at the LaSalle-Peru Pentathlon on Saturday! All four girls placed in the top ten! Isabelle Forrest (3rd), Nora Collins (4th), Madi Noreuil (7th), Kailey Little (10th) Way to go girls!
The OHS cross country team competed at the 40th Annual Richard Spring Invitational at Detweiller Park yesterday. There were approximately 2500 runners spread out in 6 different races. In the FS girls race, Rachel Andris(20:51) and Amelia Kistner(23:53) both had season best times. In the varsity girls race, Abby Litwiller (19:51), Anna Bieber(20:07), Crystal Cornwell (20:26), and Madison Bales(21:39) all had season best times. In the FS boys race, Landon Smith(21:57) had a season best. Logan Farquhar(22:16) and Anthony Ragland (16:44) had season bests in the varsity guys race while senior Carter Phillips ran an all-time best 16:06.
The Olympia boys and girls cross country teams had a great couple meets. On Saturday in Normal, the varsity boys all ran seasons bests. JT Piper led Olympia with a time of 12:49, followed by Hollis Scheets (13:06), CJ Moore (13:09), Kaleb Jacobs (13:56), Clayton Piper (14:04), Evan Petri (14:19), and Tuckery Garey (14:19). This ranks the boys 5th of 16 conference teams.
The girls team was led by Mira Kister (15:36), followed by Kamryn Raider (15:38), Nina Salvator (16:08), Abby Hoeft (16:45), Jersey Holloway (16:57), Zoey Bowman (16:58), Adraian Jenkins (17:58), and Natalie Collins (17:58).
On Monday’s meet in El Paso both the boys and girls placed 6th, with many athletes taking home hardware for their awesome performances! Medal winners included:
TJ Piper, Hollis Scheets, Ethan LaBelle, Owen Knuffman, Callan Clark, Colby Maness, Jaymin Knox, Wyatt Prince, Mira Kistner, Kamryn Raider, Adriana Jenkins, and Ava Jenkins
For most improved athlete, a special shout-out to Kennedi Craig. She took almost 3 minutes off her time to finish her race in 22:56. Great job Spartans!
Congrats to the OHS XC teams for another strong showing at the 33rd Annual First to the Finish Invitational held at Detweiller Park yesterday. This meet is one of the biggest meets in the state, with over 5000 total runners throughout the day. OHS competed in the 1A races which represented 69 teams in the ladies’ race(357 individuals) and 75 teams in the guys’ race(572 individuals). Our gals placed 8th out of 50 complete teams, with Abby Litwiller earning a medal in 43rd place(20:05). Rounding out the top 5 for the Spartans were Anna Bieber(20:35), Chrystal Cornwell(20:58), Rachel Andris(21:36), and Cam Lawson(21:43).
Our guys team, previously undefeated, finished 2nd place out of the 48 complete teams, with our top 4 runners earning individual medals: Owen Dare(17th-16:20), Logan Demling(22nd-16:29), Carter Phillips(25th-16:35), and Anthony Ragland(30th-16:53). Oly’s #5 guy was Caden Clark(17:21). Thirteen out of the 17 Olympia runners had season-best times! Great job everyone, keep up the good work!
End of the 3rd. Olympia 22. Monticello 34
Halftime. Olympia 14. and Monticello 27
3:51 left in the 2nd quarter. Spartans 14 and Monticello 13
Spartans score with 44 seconds left in the 1st. 8 to 0 Spartans
Olympia Anglers Practice Information
Come out tonight for our home football game against Monticello. Tonight is our Salute to Service game. We will honor all active military, veterans and 1st responders at 6:45pm and they will receive free entry into the game.
The OHS XC teams had another fabulous meet at the 13-team NCHS Coed Open held at Maxwell Park yesterday evening! Every member on both teams ran either a season personal-best or an all-time personal best race! The girls team finished 2nd with 67 points behind NCHS (30 pts). Top-25 medalists included Rachel Andris(20th), Chrystal Cornwell(19th), Anna Bieber(11th), and Abby Litwiller(4th).
The guys team took 1st place with 31 points and had 6 runners in the top-25: Cooper Phillips(25th), Caden Clark(17th), Anthony Ragland(7th), Carter Phillips(4th), Owen Dare(3rd), Logan Demling(2nd). Great job everyone!!
