The boys' OHS track team finished 4th out of 14 at the Eureka Invite last night. Top finishers were:
Logan Demling, Jacob Lawless, Wyatt Reinhart, and Cooper Phillips- 4th in the 3200 relay with a season best 8:53.91.
Keagan Uphoff- 2nd in the high jump at 6' 2", and 1st in both hurdles races at 16.04 and 40.93.
Cooper Phillips- 4th in both hurdles races
Reygan Sitton- 2nd in the 100 at 11.45
Skylar Biggs- 4th in the discus with a season best toss of 122' 2.5"
Nolen Yeary- 3rd in the shot put at 44' 2"
Congrats guys! Stay tuned for more updates on the team as they will be back in action next Tuesday at Auburn for the Sangamo Conference Meet.
Spartans Softball with an 8-1 victory over Normal West. Shelby Finchum with a 2-run home run in the 1st and Danika Frazier with a 3-run homer in the 3rd. Kat Springer had 3 hits, 2 runs scored, and 2 RBIs. Jordyn Turner with 2 hits and 2 runs scored. Danika allowed just 3 hits, with 9 strikeouts and one unearned one. The Spartans improve to 17-3.
Todays College Spotlight is Illinois Central College!.
The varsity softball game scheduled for today at home vs. Riverton has been cancelled due to Riverton not having enough players.
The OHS girls track team changed things up for the Rochester Rocket invitational yesterday. Goals were set and the girls showed up to compete even if it was in an event they weren’t use to running. Even though we came up a little short in our running events we still finished 8th out of 13 teams. The work these girls continue to put in to reach their goals is outstanding!
Good luck to Anna Bieber running the 800 at the distance night in Palatine tonight. She has a big goal and has worked incredibly hard to get here!
The OHS boys track team had 14 personal best performances and placed 6th at the 12-team Rochester Invite yesterday. Top performers were:
Logan Demling, Jacob Lawless, Wyatt Reinhart, & Cooper Phillips-3rd in the 4x800 relay in a season best time 9:02.43
Nolen Yeary-2nd in the shot put with an all-time best 46' 8".
Keagan Uphoff- 2nd in the high jump, 3rd in the 110 high hurdles, and 3rd in the 300 hurdles.
Sophomore Cohen Alexander- 1st place in the 100 meter dash with an all-time best 11.37 seconds (into a headwind)!!
Congratulations to Madison Bales (Heartland C.C.), Abby Litwiller (Binghamton), Cam Lawson (North Central), Anna Bieber (Eastern Illinois) and Chrystal Cornwell (Berea) on their college commitments to further their academic and running careers.
Kyla Birky scores from 1st base on Lydia Rutledge's RBI double in the bottom of the 4th inning and Danika Frazier with a solo home run in the 6th as Spartans softball defeated Auburn 2-0 to remain undefeated in the conference at 4-0. Frazier with a 1-hitter, striking out 12.
The volleyball player/parent meeting scheduled for Sunday April 23rd at Oly North in Danvers has been postponed. A new date and time will be announced later.
Todays College Spotlight is Bradley University!
Jordyn Turner with the walk-off base hit in bottom of the 7th inning as Spartans softball defeats Pontiac 2-1. Shelby Finchum with a RBI game tying single in the 6th. Danika Frazier with five strikeouts, allowing three hits and one unearned run. JV defeated Pontiac 5-1.
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The high school volleyball player/parent meeting has been rescheduled for April 23rd at 2:00pm at Olympia North Gym in Danvers.
The varsity and JV Softball games scheduled for today against Pontiac are postponed to tomorrow April 18th at Olympia at 4:30pm. We will now play varsity only softball with Riverton on Monday April 24th at 4:30pm.
The JV and Varsity Baseball games scheduled for today April 17th at Olympia vs. Pontiac have been cancelled due to wet field conditions.
OHS Soccer W over Canton today 2-1.
Brooke Rogers capitalizes on a penalty kick.
Kensie Kleinschmidt finds the net upper 90 to seal the win.
Izzy Forrest hits .80 save percentage.
Spartans are back at home this week.
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The OHS girls track team rallied after a crazy Thursday and not knowing until late Friday morning if they would be able to get their track stuff from inside the school and make it to our meet. It t was a beautiful night with perfect weather for the Unity girls Invitational. The Oly girls brought home 4th place out of 15 teams. The girls had numerous PR’s including our 4x4 team of Anna Bieber, Grace Whiteside, Mallory Miller and Melissa Bieber running a super fast 4:11 to secure 1st place! Also worth mentioning is our 4x2 and 4x8 relay placing in the top 6!
Here are the other PR’s from last night:
100 hurdles:
Melissa Bieber 17.4
Kyrah Zeschke 19.8
800:
Anna Bieber 2:23 (2 seconds under state qualifying)
400:
Emma Swartzendruber- 1:07
300 hurdles:
Melissa Bieber 48.5
1600:
Cam Lawson 5:46
200:
Palmer 28.05
Kyrah 30.5
These girls are working hard and it's showing!
The OHS boys' track team took advantage of nearly perfect conditions last night at the 18-team Monticello Invitational to set a total of 24 personal record performances. The Spartans were 6th place as a team with 54 points. Top performers:
Chase Ragar- 4th in the triple jump at 40' 4.5"
Nolan Yeary- 6th in the shot put at 44' 8.5"
Reygan Sitton- 5th in the 100 at 11.33
Cooper Phillips- 5th in the 300 hurdles at 44.86
Keagan Uphoff- 2nd in the HJ at 6' 0" and 2nd in the 300 hurdles at 40.77 and 1st in the 110 hurdles at 15.77.
Logan Demling, Cooper Phillips, CJ Moore, and Wyatt Reinhart- 4th in the 3200 meter relay at 9:02.55
Come cheer on the team when they get back in action at the Olympia Coed Relays next Tuesday at 4:00!
Varsity Softball with a 16-5 victory at Eureka in 5 innings to improve to 9-2. Multi-hit game for Kat Springer, Danika Frazier, Sarah Cross and Kyla Birky. Rylee Robb with 3 RBIs.
The high school volleyball player/parent meeting scheduled for Saturday April 15th has been postponed. A new date and location will be announced later.