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  • OH Boys Weightlifting team won Regional Championship on 4/5! Good luck at the state championship!
  • Congratulations to our amazing theatre teacher Kimberly Coyle for being named a Dwyer Finalist for Senior High Education!
  • For the second consecutive year, the Olympic Heights girls soccer team is the 7A district 2023-2024 Academic Team Champion
  • Congratulations Florida DECA State Champions 2024: Katelynne Deale, Tai Graham, and Elsie Throckmorton!
  • Girls Soccer Coach Jim Cappello is coach of the year, leading the lions to 21 victories, and their eighth straight regional appearance.
  • Soccer: Senior Ava Cardaci was selected 7A District 12 Player of the Year with 15 goals and 27 assists.
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Olympic Heights student/athletes that signed letters of intent to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level are (from left): Caleb Mackrey (basketball), Brady Thomas (basketball), Maddy Wicihowski (softball), Will Eltringham (football), and Kyle Dzarnowski (basketball).

Five OH student/athletes sign to play at the collegiate level

Pedro Lagoeiro, Staff Writer • May 22, 2022

As the school year wraps up, we can look back at what was a very successful athletic season for Olympic Heights. Not only did the school achieve multiple district titles by many different sports, the Lions...

Senior players on the Olympic Heights tennis teams are (from left): Zoe Siegel, Brooke Hollander, Mason Sacher, Makayla Lewis, Tyler Levin, Livia Vieira, and Ariana Fromm.

OH tennis teams hitting stride as district tourney nears

Jack Nomberg, Staff Writer • March 31, 2022

The Olympic Heights boys and girls tennis teams have been on a roll as of late as they near the end of their regular seasons and the district tournaments draw near.  The girls team currently holds...

Olympic Heights senior Caleb Mackrey is the states 6A-classification leading average points per game scorer and 14th in the state overall.

OH Boys Basketball finish season strong; primed for playoffs

Pedro Lagoeiro, Staff Writer • February 8, 2022

After an undefeated 2020-21 regular season campaign the standards were high for this year’s Olympic Heights Boys Basketball team. Though the goal was to repeat last year’s immense success, losing eight...

Lions senior midfielder Brett Mazo, who had 10 goals and six assists on the season, passes the ball in the Jan. 20 game against Park Vista. (photo by Janaina Lagoeiro)

Olympic Heights boys soccer team closes out regular season winning 10 of 12 games, clinches #1 seed in district playoffs

Pedro Lagoeiro, Staff Writer • January 29, 2022

Olympic Heights, in recent years, has not been known as a school with a strong boy’s soccer program, but this season’s squad has seemed to turn that narrative around. A coaching change, followed by...

Olympic Heights junior forward Lindsey Osinoff (#45 in white) passes the ball in a game against Lake Worth. Osinoff leads the district in goals scored and points total.

OH Girls Soccer remains unbeaten through 14 games

Mason Silverstein, Sports Editor • December 20, 2021

The Olympic Heights girls soccer team is off to one of the best starts to a season in the program’s history, posting a 12-0-2 record through its first 14 games while out scoring its opponents 111 to...

Senor Isaiah Pierre (#6) heads to the end zone after intercepting a John I. Leonard pass on the Lancers opening series in the Olympic Heights season opener on Sept. 2. The Lions beat John I. Leonard 22-14.

OLYMPIC HEIGHTS FALL SPORTS PREVIEW: Football team off to 1-0 start as fall sports programs get underway

Mason Silverstein, Sports Editor • September 12, 2021

The 2021 Olympic Heights fall athletics season is now in full swing. The student-athletes on the fall sports teams have worked hard throughout all of last year and over the summer in preparation for their...

After seven years at the helm of the Olympic Heights baseball program, Coach Casey Beck will be taking over the John I. Leonard program next year.

OH baseball coach Casey Beck leaving for John I. Leonard position: “One of the hardest choices [of] my life.”

Mason Silverstein, Staff Writer • May 11, 2021

“The opportunities both on the field, on the course, and in the classroom here at OHHS will never be forgotten, and I am HUMBLE and forever THANKFUL for each second I have been a Lion!”  While...

SPORTS WRAP: Flag football scores some sweet swag; Girls tennis shines at districts; Weightlifters take regional hardware

SPORTS WRAP: Flag football scores some sweet swag; Girls tennis shines at districts; Weightlifters take regional hardware

April 23, 2021

FLAG FOOTBALL: The Olympic Heights flag football team was the recipient of some sweet team gear courtesy of the Miami Dolphins and Nike. Miami Dolphins community relations representatives visited OH...

Olympic Heights soccer players Skylar Deutch (left) and Sydney Durrance (right) both hit the impressive 50 career goals scored mark in their senior seasons.

GOOOAAALLL!!! Olympic Heights soccer players Skylar Deutch and Sydney Durrance reach 50-goal milestone

Mason Silverstein, Staff Writer • April 16, 2021

The Olympic Heights girls soccer team has featured some amazingly talented players over the years and this past season has been no exception as two of the team’s athletes achieved an amazing milestone...

Olympic Heights boys weightlifting team captures district title, four individual gold medals

Olympic Heights boys weightlifting team captures district title, four individual gold medals

April 1, 2021

The Olympic Heights boys weightlifting team won the District 16-3A championship and four Lion weightlifters captured individual district championships yesterday, March 31, in the OH gymnasium.  Coach...

Micah Octave (11), the Sun-Sentinels Palm Beach County large schools Player of the Year, helped lead the Olympic Heights boys basketball team to an undefeated regular season.

Heights’ Micah Octave named Sun-Sentinel PBC boys basketball Player of the Year; 25 OH athletes earn recognition

March 29, 2021

Olympic Heights basketball player Micah Octave has been named the South Florida Sun-Sentinel Palm Beach County large schools boys basketball Player of the Year. Octave, a senior guard, led the Lions...

The Olympic Heights girls tennis team is 3-1 in the 2021 seasons early going.

OH tennis teams take to court amid pandemic protocols

Zoe Siegel, Staff Writer • March 4, 2021

This story has been updated to accurately reflect both the boys and girls tennis teams record after their matches of March 4, 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take its toll on high school athletics...

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