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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 diver Danielle Anglin will be competing for a State Championship after finishing in first place at the Region 4-3A Championships.

OH diver Danielle Anglin wins Regional Championship, advances to States

November 12, 2019

Olympic Heights sophomore Danielle Anglin placed first at the FHSAA Region 4-3A Girls Diving Championship on Friday, Nov. 8, held at Boca Raton High School. She now moves on to the FHSAA Class 3A State...

Olympic Heights diver Danielle Anglin (left) and 100 meter freestyle swimmer Sarah Nelson (right) have advanced to their respective regional championship meets.

OH SPORTS WRAP: Swim/Dive Team sends two to Regions; Girls Soccer takes two at preseason jamboree; Football closes out season 2-8; Boys Golf competes at charity tournament

November 5, 2019

SWIMMING/DIVING: Olympic Heights diver Danielle Anglin placed second at the District 10-3A diving tournament on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Anglin is the first diver OH has had in a number of years. Anglin, who...

Lions quarterback Blake Moreland (#4, foreground) turns the corner for a sizeable gain on a second quarter run in the 33-13 loss to Forest Hill on Thursday, Oct. 17.

Lions fall behind early in 33-13 loss to Forest Hill

October 19, 2019

The Olympic Heights football team put up a tough fight against the Forest Hill Falcons but couldn’t manage to capitalize in key situations, ultimately losing their homecoming game 33-13 at Corey Lewis...

Members of the Olympic Heights boys cross country team celebrate a strong showing.

OH SPORTS WRAP: Cross Country has strong showings; golf sends two players to regionals; Special Olympics bowling has two first place finishers

October 16, 2019

CROSS COUNTRY: The Olympic Heights cross country team finished in fourth place at the city championship, only 15 points behind third place St. Andrews. At the South County Conference Meet, the team finished...

Lions fall to Blanche Ely 48-6, now 2-5 on the season

Lions fall to Blanche Ely 48-6, now 2-5 on the season

October 14, 2019

Despite being able to hang with 6-1 Blanche Ely for most of the game’s first half, the Olympic Heights football team was eventually done in by Ely’s big plays, losing 48-7 to the Tigers in Pompano...

Lions drop to 2-3 after 62-0 loss to Atlantic

Lions drop to 2-3 after 62-0 loss to Atlantic

September 30, 2019

Too fast. Too big. Too strong. Too athletic. It doesn’t take much more than that to sum up the freight train of a football team the Olympic Heights Lions got in the way of in their 62-0 loss to the...

Olympic Heights defensive back Jekkaven Smith (#10) intercepts a Spanis River touchdown pass attempt late in the fourth quarter in the Lions 13-6 win on Friday, Sept. 20.

Defense leads Lions to second consecutive win with 13-6 victory over Spanish River

Andrew Kaye, Sports Editor • September 23, 2019

At the pre-game pep rally on Friday, Sept. 20, Olympic Heights head football coach Kevin Wald encouraged the student body to make its way over to Spanish River High School that evening to turn the Sharks’...

Time and Stress Management Key to Becoming a Successful Student Athlete

Time and Stress Management Key to Becoming a Successful Student Athlete

Jordan Lanson, Staff Writer • September 17, 2019

Olympic Heights student athletes have a lot to manage with hours per week of conditioning, practice, and games. And those hours get doubled if the student athlete is also playing on a travel or club team. ...

OH defensive back Trotsky Horton intercepts a Lancer pass for a 31-yard pick six.

Lions down John I. Leonard 16-6 for first win of season

Andrew Kaye, Sports Editor • September 15, 2019

After opening the 2019 season with three losses, the Olympic Heights Lions football team got in the win column with a 16-6 win against the John I. Leonard Lancers on Friday, Sept. 13 at Corey Lewis Stadium. The...

OHs Christian Ippolito (#7 white) tries to turn the corner on the Central defense.

Lions fall to 0-3 after 53-0 loss at Palm Beach Central

September 10, 2019

You knew it was going to be a long and ugly night for the Olympic Heights football team last night against Palm Beach Central when the Lions – at only five minutes and 22 seconds into the game – were...

Olympic Heights cornerback Patrick Pierre (in white) intercepts a Boca Raton pass on the opening drive of the game.

Lions lose at Boca High 29-0; drop to 0-2 on the season

August 30, 2019

Many of the same problems – missed blocks, missed tackles, and penalties - that plagued the Olympic Heights Lions in their season opening loss to Lake Worth last week came back to haunt the team in last...

Nick Palmenteri turns the corner on his 53-yard touchdown run off a shovel pass from Blake Moreland for the Lions only score of the game.

Lions football team drops season opener to Lake Worth 44-7

Andrew Kaye, Sports Editor • August 23, 2019

The Olympic Heights football team’s 2019 season, under new head coach Kevin Wald, did not get off to the start they had hoped for, losing at home to Lake Worth 44-7 on Thursday night. Giving up 44 points...

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