Olympia CUSD 16

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.

The state track and field meet is set and we're happy to announce that we have six state qualifiers heading to East Peoria this weekend to compete in the Class 3A State Final Track and Field Meet. Ty Gale will be competing in the 7th grade boys 1600 meter run. Mira Kistner will be competing in the 8th grade girls 1600 meter run. Lucy Prestegaard will be competing in the 7th grade girls shot put. Mili Rebbe will be competing in the 7th grade girls 800 meter run and 1600 meter run. Annaston Piro will be competing in the 8th grade girls long jump. Rae Lemons will be competing in the 100 meter dash in the wheelchair division. Congrats to all these athletes for working hard all season! We're not done yet! #spartanpride

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

The OHS Student Council install the 2024-2025 Executive Board! Leadership is what they bring to the table.

Collection of OMS chromebooks and chargers will take place on Thursday, May 16th (6th/7th) and Friday, May 17th (8th) in the library. Students who did not turn in their device and/or charger by the 17th will be contacted and these need to be returned the following week. All students will return their device and charger. Fees will be determined and assessed based on the details found in our “Olympia Student Device Information” (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JNNSqbwIXW_WpnMpfT9MqOBHwKY0oUYXdCUVXfjtyUE/preview) document. Thank you for understanding how important this end of the year process is and making sure that your child has their device with them at school on the appropriate date.

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.

Chase Litwiller breaks his own school record in the 5-10-5 this morning with a time of 4.18 🏎️💨. Capping an amazing high school career!

There will be an Open House / Retirement Reception for Velma Runyard at the Olympia Administrative Offices on Wednesday, May 15th from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Please stop by to congratulate Velma.

🌞 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.

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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.

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