Nine Lady Spartans represented Olympia at today’s Sectional Swim Meet. Even with a shortened and unusual season, all swimmers ended the day with seasonal best times! Most with all time personal best times in their individual events! Way to go Lady Spartans!
October 15th Activities
Girls Swim is home vs. Central Catholic @ 4:30
October 13th Activities
HS Cross Country is @ Heyworth @ 4:30
Girls Swim is @ Peru @ 5:00 (no fans)
MS Cross Country Sectional @ home @ 4:00
The #1 ranked Olympia High School boys cross country team successfully defended their conference title yesterday in the 10-team Illini Prairie Conference meet held at St. Joseph Ogden. It was a “tight race” between Olympia and #6 ranked Monticello, with only 5 points separating the two teams. Olympia’s top 3 runners earned All-Conference status: senior Charlie Kistner was individual Conference Champ with a time of 15:19, senior Logan Wheeler was 5th at 16:08, and junior Owen Dare was 7th at 16:20. Joining them were junior Carter Phillips with a season best 16:33, junior Anthony Ragland at 16:47, freshman Logan Demling at 16:59, and senior Alec Pfeffer at 18:15. The guys will run their IHSA Regional meet in two weeks at Olympia on Saturday, Oct. 24th. Come out and watch this team compete! It’s hard to say which guys' team is the best in Olympia’s history, this year’s team or last year’s team….but there is no doubt that they are the best two guys’ teams that Olympia has been able to assemble. So don’t miss the opportunity to watch this exciting team race as they strive to be the best in the state and in Olympia history!
The Olympia High School cross country teams competed in the Illini Prairie Conference meet yesterday at St. Joseph-Ogden. On the girl’s side, this conference is arguably the most competitive small-school conference in the state, with the #1 and #2-ranked teams in the state (Monticello and Tolono Unity) along with #13 (Oly), #15 (St. Thomas More), #19 (St. Joseph-Ogden), and #24 (Central Catholic). Realistically, it was looking to be a battle for the 3rd place team finish. However, things were not looking very promising when it was determined the day before the meet that Anna Bieber (Oly’s top-3 runner) would sit out of the meet due to a muscle strain. This obstacle did not distract the rest of the team from their goal. In true Spartan fashion, the other 6 ladies modeled a perfect illustration of perseverance. They stayed focused on the game plan and executed it flawlessly, with each runner obtaining a season personal best time. This outstanding performance allowed the girls to secure the 3rd place team finish with 90 points, which was 32 points in front of the 4th place team. Individually, senior Savanah Beavers and sophomore Abby Litwiller achieved All-Conference status at 18:13(3rd place) and 19:17(10th place) respectively. Joining them were freshman Rachel Andris at 20:08(19th), sophomore Chrystal Cornwell at 20:49(28th), sophomore Cam Lawson at 21:07(33rd) and senior Emily Litwiller at 22:22(46th). The XC team will host the IHSA regional meet in two weeks (Oct. 24th), so come out and cheer them on. Congrats gals! Amazing job!
October 8th Activities
Girls Swim is home vs. Pontiac @ 4:30
October 6th Activities
Boys Golf Regional @ Lincoln Elks @ 9:00
JV Cross Country @ St. Joseph @ 4:00
Girls Swim @ Macomb @ 4:30
The common themes for the 2020 Olympia Boys XC team are “1st place team finish” and “Charlie Kistner breaks the school record.....again!” Both of those happened again yesterday at the 7-team meet held at Olympia. The Spartans scored 31 points, followed closely by 6th ranked Monticello with 39 points. The top 5 runners for Olympia were senior Charlie Kistner (1st place with a school record time of 14:57.7), senior Logan Wheeler (5th at 15:54), junior Owen Dare (7th at 16:21), junior Anthony Ragland (10th at 16:34), and junior Carter Phillips (12th at 16:39). The guys racked up 7 personal records yesterday. Congratulations to Charlie and all of the guys! Next Saturday at St. Joseph-Ogden, the guys will attempt to defend their 2019 Conference Title. Good luck guys!
Olympia High School hosted a 7-team XC race yesterday and the girls placed 3rd with 75 points, behind #1 ranked Monticello and #3 ranked Tolono Unity. The top five Spartan runners were senior Savanah Beavers (2nd place at 18:26), sophomore Abby Litwiller (10th at 19:30), sophomore Anna Bieber (17th at 20:21), freshman Rachel Andris (22nd at 20:51), and sophomore Chrystal Cornwell (29th at 21:12). The Oly gals tallied 4 season personal records. Congratulations ladies! Good luck next Saturday at the Varsity Conference meet at St. Joseph-Ogden.
October 1st Activities
Girls Golf @ Ireland Grove @ 3:50
Boys JV Golf @ Lincoln Elks @ 4:00
Girls Swim @ Pontiac @ 5:00
MS Cross Country @ Eureka @ 4:15
More pictures from Essential Workers day at OHS - the office staff is showing off their attire and the Vocational Department is dressed saluting Mr. Tim Thomas - They called the day Mr. Thomas is Essential Day
September 30th Activities
Boys Varsity Golf @ LeRoy @ 3:15
Math Department showing off their Essential Workers Day shirts
September 29th Activities
Girls Golf is at Pontiac @ 4:00
Girls Swim is home @ 4:30
September 28th Activities
MS Cross Country home @ 4:30
For the second weekend in a row, the #1 ranked Olympia guys’ cross country team battled the #2 ranked Elmwood Trojans. Yesterday, Elmwood hosted a 5-team meet and the Spartans ended up on top of a somewhat lopsided victory, with all seven varsity runners placing in the top ten of the race. Olympia tallied only 25 points, while Elmwood scored 44 points and Tremont ended up 3rd place with 79 points. Olympia’s individual times and places were: Charlie Kistner (1st in 15:22), Logan Wheeler (4th in 16:08), Owen Dare (5th in 16:21), Carter Phillips (7th in 16:42), Alec Pfeffer (8th in 16:43), Lucas Lawless (9th in 16:43), and Anthony Ragland (10th in 16:50).
The Olympia High School girls’ cross country team placed first at a 5-team meet hosted by Elmwood. Olympia scores 44 points, followed closely by Tremont with 46 and Elmwood with 55. The top five Spartans were soph. Abby Litwiller (2nd place in 19:41), soph. Anna Bieber (3rd place in 19:48), fr. Rachel Andris (7th place in 20:44), soph. Cam Lawson (12th place in 21:14), and senior Emily Litwiller (20th place in 22:29). Congrats gals!
Baseball is the Regional Champion! Winning 4-1 over Eureka! ⚾️
Saturday September 26th Activities
Cross Country @ Elmwood @ 9:00
MS Softball Regional Championship @ Morton @ 10:00
MS Baseball Regional Championship @ Eureka @ 11:00
MS Softball picks up the 4-3 win in the Regional match up with Lincoln.