Get your 2nd Round Playoff t-shirts ordered. All orders are due by Tue. Nov. 1st at 2:30pm. Orders can be picked up at the high school office on Thursday after school or during the day on Friday.
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Olympia Middle School and High School are excited to announce that we are hosting an assembly to celebrate Veterans Day on Friday, November 11, 2022. We are inviting all local veterans (Both who have served or are currently serving) to attend a breakfast and the assembly as a way to show our appreciation for their service and sacrifice for our country. Breakfast will begin at 8:15 am in the OHS cafeteria, and the Veterans Day Assembly will begin at 9:00 am in the OHS gym. Parking will be available in front of Olympia High School. If you are planning on attending, please RSVP by November 1st by clicking on the following link:
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The Olympia Spartans will host the St. Joseph Ogden Spartans in the 2nd Round of the IHSA 3A playoffs on Saturday Nov. 5th at 6:00pm.
Frost covered the course as our Spartans arrived at Maple Lane Country Club for their IHSA Cross Country Sectional Championship in Elmwood. As the temperature rose, so did the spirits of our athletes. The girls spearheaded the way with a strong 4th place finish only 19 points behind Pleasant Plains 1st place. Amelia Kistner lead the way in 19:15 with Emma Swartzendruber shortly after in 19:21! Chrystal Cornwell closed to a 19:39. Abby Litwiller and Cam Lawson finished out the scoring positions within one second of one another in 20:29 and 20:30. Anna Bieber pushed to a 20:59, and Kaylie Dare finished in 23:28. On the boys’ side, Logan Demling paced the Spartan runners in 16:42. Caden Clark grinded out a 17:04. Cooper Phillips and C.J. Moore ended the race two seconds from one another in 17:32 and 17:34. Logan Farquhar was our 5th scorer in a time of 18:43 followed closely by Jacob Lawless in 18:46. Evan Petri finished out his freshman campaign in a time of 19:36. Emma, Chrystal, Caden (season best), Logan F., Jacob, and Evan achieved personal bests in their respective races.
Look to see the girls continue their season in the State Championship race next Saturday at Peoria’s historic Detweiller Park. They take the course at 9 A.M. Let’s go Spartans!
Big Day for the Spartans. Good Luck to the high school Cross County runners at the Sectional meet in Elmwood. The girls will run at 10:00am and the boys will run at 11:00am. Good Luck to the Football team in the 1st Round Playoff game at Benton High School at 3:00pm today.
Football Playoff t-shirt and hoodie orders can be picked up outside the high school office until 4:00pm today or in the high school office tomorrow.
Due to extenuating circumstances, the performances of the high school fall play have been cancelled.
Only a few hours left to order your football playoff t-shirts. Deadline is 2:00pm.
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The Olympia Spartans will travel to Benton for their first round playoff game on Saturday October 29th. Kickoff is 3:00pm.
The Spartans will play Benton in the IHSA Class 3A Playoffs. Date and time of the game will be announced as soon as details are finalized. Don't forget to order your playoff t-shirts.
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The Spartans were met with a beautiful day and a tremendous course to race on Saturday morning. Our teams were set to qualify for Sectionals and both sides accomplished that task.
The Spartan ladies kicked off the running success by giving #2 State-ranked Eureka a great competition. We were only 12 points off with 57 to Eureka’s 45. Amelia Kistner made a sensational turnaround from last season running on the same course. She was 2 minutes faster than last year while running 18:48 and earning a 4th place medal! Emma Swartzendruber, new to postseason racing, finished second for our squad in 19:15! Our scorers were rounded out by Anna Bieber, Chrystal Cornwell, and Abby Litwiller (19:39, 20:03, and 20:24). Cam Lawson ran closely to our top 5 with a time of 20:40, and Rachel Andris followed in 22:41.
The boys’ side outperformed rankings while finishing 4th behind a strong U-High squad, Eureka, and El Paso-Gridley. We narrowly beat Heyworth by 3 points (173-176). The Spartans were a tale of two tight packs with one strong center piece in their race Saturday. Logan Demling, Cooper Phillips, and Caden Clark were within 18 seconds of one another (16:31, 16:35, and 16:49). C.J. Moore was the glue that stuck the packs together with a time of 17:36. Our second pack saw Logan Farquhar move well, leading Jacob Lawless and Evan Petri to a 54 second split between the 3 runners (18:48, 19:27, 19:42).
Spartans XC is back to racing on Wednesday for our JV runners at Maxwell Park in Normal and at Sectionals in Elmwood on Saturday morning.
The Spartans pick up win number five with a 47 to 6 win over Petersburg PORTA on Homecoming. They are now playoff eligible. Congratulations to the players and coaches and Good Luck in the PLAYOFFS !!!!!!
The JV football game scheduled for Monday at PORTA has been cancelled.
Please consider supporting Olympia Middle School Boys basketball by purchasing some spirit wear!
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Here is the parade route for the homecoming parade in Stanford at 5:30
The freshmen volleyball game scheduled for tonight Oct. 17th has been cancelled due to a lack of players by our opponent. The JV game will start at 5:30pm, followed by the varsity game. We will honor our senior volleyball players prior to the start of the varsity game.
As the temperature dips into 40 degrees for race morning, we know postseason for XC is just around the corner! This past Saturday, the OHS Cross Country team competed at the St. Anthony Bulldog Classic. Our girls’ team posted a strong second place finish behind Mt. Zion by 9 points. The boys claimed a third place finish with multiple runners back in the lineup as we near the end of the season.
Amelia Kistner blazed the path to a 3rd place individual finish in a time of 19:08! Notably, this time is over 3 minutes faster than Amelia ran last year at this same course! In a 30 second 2-4 split, Emma Swartzendruber, Anna Bieber, and Chrystal Cornwell finish in 19:59, 20:17, and 20:29, respectively. Cam Lawson rounded out the scoring with a 21:11! Kaylie Dare finished closely behind with an incredible kick in 21:14 followed by Rachel Andris and Raquel Birky in 21:50 and 22:20, respectively. Look for our ladies to show a strong performance this weekend while competing for a Regional Championship!
The boys’ side saw Jacob Lawless and Logan Farquhar back in action as we near the postseason. They both posted strong finishes as our number 5 and 6 runners in 19:11 and 19:21. Our first 4 runners all placed well with Logan Demling leading the charge in a 6th place time of 16:45. Cooper Phillips finished over 2 minutes faster than last year while running a 17:17! Caden Clark and C.J. Moore ran 17:26 and 18:01, respectively. Three freshmen runners round out our team with Evan Petri posting a strong time of 19:39. He was followed by Paul Yeary dipping under 21 minutes in 20:56! Reece Yero closed to a 22:26 for a 3-mile course personal best!
Our races for Regionals will take place at Eureka Lake Park with the girls running at 10 and the boys at 11. Come out and cheer on your Spartan athletes!
We still need help with the concession stand for the Homecoming Football game on Friday Oct. 21st. Please consider helping out. Thank you.
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On Friday October 21st, Olympia High School is hosting a tailgate for Spartan Football Fans before the Homecoming football game. There are only 20 spots that are available for this fun event and they are located on the North side of the football field in the Unit Office parking lot. The parking lot will be closed to any other traffic. Each purchased spot in the tailgate area comes with 4 free admissions to the game and 4 of the famous FFA porkchop sandwiches. We encourage people to bring their favorite food side dishes to enjoy this time before the game. The tailgate lot will open at 4:30 p.m. Each spot costs $50 and in order to reserve one of the 20 available spots, we ask that you call Michelle Olson at 309-379-6011 extension 9022 or email her at michelle.olson@olympia.org. We hope to fill up all 20 of these spots quickly so please reserve your spot today.
OMS Boys Basketball tryouts will be held October 18th & 19th. Athletes interested must be registered on 8 to 18 and have a physical on file.