Olympia CUSD 16

What a day for Spartan volleyball! We hosted the 2nd Annual Olympia Freshman Tournament today, and our very own Spartans battled hard to earn a 3rd place finish overall! A special congratulations to our setter, Brinklee Burns, on being named to the All-Tournament Team! A huge thank you to all the teams who came out and made this tournament a success, and to our JV/Varsity players for all their help in keeping the day running smoothly. We couldn’t have done it without you!

OHS cross country had a great night of racing yesterday at the NCHS Open! Some standouts from the night include Jasper Houzenga in the open with a huge PR of 14:08 (2 miles), Ty Gale leading the varsity boys with a PR of 17:16 (3.05 miles), and Mira Kistner placing 17th in the girls varsity race to snag herself a top 25 finish. Way to go Spartans! Results: Men's Open: 23. Jasper Houzenga 14:08 Women's Open: 6. Natalie Petri 15:04 23. Chloe Collins 16:41 30. Leah Brammeier 17:55 Men's Varsity 27. Ty Gale 17:16 51. CJ Moore 18:17 79. Graham Walters 19:32 82. Connor Collins 19:39 95. Paul Yeary 20:37 96. Wyatt Prince 20:43 Women's Varsity 17. Mira Kistner 20:23 34. Juliet Williams 21:35

HS Boys Golf Team recap: The Spartans had two matches this week. On Tuesday the Varsity team took on Heyworth, Ridgeview, and Illini Central at Prairie Vista placing second with a team score of 182 and missing out on first by only 3 strokes. Ethan Barnes led the way with a 43 tying him for first for overall score. Scores also counting: Cam Fosdick 45, Mason Kruger 46, and Noah Walker 48. On Thursday the Spartans hosted a JV match at North Greens against UHigh, Lincoln, and Williamsville. Leading the way for the Spartans was Cooper Otto with a 47, followed closely by Gage Pitcher 48 and Mason Kruger 49. Our other score counting was Carter Mortimer with a 62 followed by Calvin Fonger with a 64 and Owen Knuffman with a 66.

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Middle school varsity baseball drops a 3-2 nail biter tonight vs East Peoria. JV gets a big 3-1 win also vs East Peoria. Both teams are at New Berlin tomorrow morning, first game starts at 10:00 with JV to follow.

Preschool screenings are available for children ages 3 through 5. Screenings help determine where children are developmentally in areas such as motor skills, concepts, language, and behavior. Based on the results, families will receive a recommendation indicating whether their child qualifies for the Pre-K program.

For more information regarding the Child Find screening process, you can find resources here: https://www.childfind-idea-il.us/Materials/Educ_Rights_en.pdf

Screening Dates:
🗓️ October 8 at Minier Christian Church
🗓️ December 9 at Danvers Community Building
🗓️ March 11 at Atlanta Christian Church
🗓️ May 12 at Minier Christian Church

The Lady Spartan golf team had a busy week this week! They traveled to Lincoln on Tuesday for a triangular match with Lincoln and Mt. Zion. Junior Kennadie Finchum led the way for the Spartans with a nine hole score of 45. On Wednesday they hosted El-Paso Gridley and Metamora at North Greens Golf Course. Junior Elyse Eimer shot a career best 42! They wrapped up the week competing in the U-High Invite at Weibring Golf Course. With over 100 athletes from across the state competing Kennadie Finchum came in 34th place shooting an impressive 91. The girls are back in action on Monday at the Lincoln Elks for the Lincoln Girls Scramble.

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Last night our teams faced off against a scrappy Clinton squad! Varsity battled back after dropping the first set, taking the second, and pushing the match to a nail-biting third before falling just short. JV came out strong, splitting the first two sets and pulling off a huge win in the third: 25-22, 22-25, 16-14! Freshmen fought hard but came up short with scores of 22-25 and 21-25. They’ll be back in action this weekend as hosts of the 2nd Annual Olympia Freshman Tournament—best of luck to them!

Boys Varsity soccer downs the Hilltoppers of Mt. Pulaski last night 9-0! Seniors Tyler Caroll and Austin Rebbe leading the way with Caroll netting 4 goals and Rebbe completing his first hat trick of the year. Sophomore Diangelo Wright got involved in the scoring along with Freshman Bernardo Fortanelli! Junior Jared Phares picks up his first shutout of the year with 3 saves! Boys return to action as they travel to Athens at 5:00 pm on Tuesday evening!

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Middle school varsity baseball loses a tough 3-2 game at Tri Valley tonight. JV falls to Tri Valley as well 7-0. Both teams are at home vs East Peoria Friday. First game starts at 4:30.

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Our Varsity volleyball team faced a tough Eureka squad tonight, battling through a challenging match. (Scores and stats listed below) Our Freshman team split sets and finished strong with scores of 20-25, 25-25, 15-6. Our JV team fought hard but came up short, 21-25, 17-25. Proud of the effort across all levels—each game is another step forward for our program!

Our Oly Middle School Xc team had an awesome meet in Washington today! We had 4 PRs and a top 20 finish by Kayleigh Vest! We will be back at it on Thursday at Illini Central. Way to go Spartans!

Come cheer on the HS cross country team today, first race is at 4:30!

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The HS cross country team traveled to Clinton Saturday night for the Light It Up Invitational with 735 runners competing across 3 races. Both our boys and girls represented Oly well and set the bar high in their first 3-mile race of the season! 🔥 Open Race (Girls 96 runners, boys 163 runners) Natalie – 24th (23:17) Chloe – 55th (25:36) Leah – 76th (27:45) Jasper – 141st (24:40) 🔥 Boys Varsity (208 runners) Ty – 75th (17:40) CJ – 99th (18:13) Connor – 151st (19:39) Paul – 153rd (19:42) Wyatt – 156th (19:53) Asher – 157th (19:54) Graham – 171st (20:30) 🔥 Girls Varsity (179 runners) Mira – 43rd (20:07) Juliet – 79th (21:17) It was such a fun night under the lights, and our runners have a lot to be proud of! 💙🤍 Join us Tuesday, 9/2, for our home meet — first race starts at 4:30 PM. Come cheer on this amazing group of athletes!

Our Varsity volleyball team battled with grit today, finishing 3rd in the Warrensburg-Latham tournament! Scores: vs. Warrensburg-Latham: L 25-12, 22-25, 12-15 vs. Neoga: W 25-9, 25-4 vs. Meridian: W 25-11, 25-13 Congrats to Aubrey, who was voted to the All-Tournament Team! Great effort by our Freshman team as well at the tough Morton tournament!