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  • Congratulations Natalie Lima for being selected as OH's May Instructional Employee of the month Month
  • Congratulations Tameka Hickman for being selected as OH's May Non-Instructional Employee of the Month
  • Congratulations to seniors Aviana Solorzano and Payton Betz for being selected to represent the South All Star Team for girls soccer
  • Congratulations to the Olympic Heights Chorus Department at District MPA for Receiving Superior Ratings!
  • Varsity Boys Soccer Team are Regional Champions!!!
  • The Girls Wrestling team placed 2nd out of 18 teams at the county tournament.
  • Congratulations to the OH Varsity Cheerleading Team for winning the State Championship!
  • Congratulations to the Girls Weightlifting team on winning the District Championship 4 years in a row!
  • Welcome Olympic Heights' New Varsity Baseball Coach Victor Gutierrez!
The award-winning student news site of Olympic Heights High School

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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...

OH's 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...

Volleyball officials are holding out for a $15 per game increase.

STORY UPDATE: Volleyball officials’ holdout leads to postponement of OH girls’ season opening match; football officials strike averted

Andrew Kaye, Sports Editor • August 21, 2019

UPDATE:  The Olympic Heights Girls Volleyball Team's season opening match versus American Heritage (Delray) scheduled for last night, August 21, was postponed due to the ongoing holdout of the East Coast...

Kevin Wald, previously at John Paul II in Ridgeland, SC (above), returns to South Florida to take over the Olympic Heights football program.

New OH Football Coach Kevin Wald Looks to Build a Championship Culture; Seventh Head Coach Since 2011

Jacob Pasternack, Editor-In-Chief • May 2, 2019

The 2018-2019 school year has been one of change at Olympic Heights, ranging from the school getting a new principal to changes at a few of the athletic programs’ head coaches. One of those coaching...

Lance Dragos (left) has been the ace of the Olympic Heights baseball team's pitching staff; shortstop Brooks Lamb is leading the team in hitting.

Heights Baseball Primed for District Tournament Championship Run

Jacob Tucker, Staff Writer • April 25, 2019

For the Olympic Heights varsity baseball team, this is the year that it was finally supposed to reach its full potential, entering the season with rising expectations from their mediocre prior seasons. Now,...

OH Boys Lacrosse Team Gets First Win in School History; Girls Teams Sees Vast Improvement

OH Boys Lacrosse Team Gets First Win in School History; Girls Teams Sees Vast Improvement

Kaivin Im / Emily Nomberg, Staff Writers • April 5, 2019

This 2019 spring sports season, Olympic Heights resurrected its dormant girls’ lacrosse program after a and instituted it first ever boys’ lacrosse program. And history was made on Thursday, April...

Gabi Obando's (shown here batting against Atlantic High) ninth inning home run gave the Olympic Heights softball team the 1-0 win over previously undefeated Martin County.

OH Softball Takes Down Undefeated Martin County on Gabi Obando’s Ninth Inning Walk-Off Home Run

April 4, 2019

The Olympic Heights softball team ran its record to 11-4 by beating previously undefeated Martin County 1-0 on a Gabi Obando inside-the-park home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning on Wednesday,...

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