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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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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 teams 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 Obandos (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,...

OH pitcher Kaitlyn Cunningham earned a win and a save, striking out 10 batters over nine innings in the Lions back-to-back wins.

Lions Softball Posts Back-to-Back Wins in Pitchers’ Duels; Now 6-1 on the Season

March 8, 2019

The Olympic Heights softball team put together back-to-back wins over quality opponents on Wednesday and Thursday nights, running their season record to 6-1. The Lady Lions defeated Park Vista 3-2 on...

OH Flag Football Trounces Oxbridge Academy 26-0

OH Flag Football Trounces Oxbridge Academy 26-0

March 6, 2019

Faith Krost caught two touchdown passes and added a punt return for touchdown to lead the Olympic Heights flag football team to a 26-0 rout of Oxbridge Academy in the Lions’ district play opener on Wednesday...

OH Flag Football Downs West Boca to Win Season Opener

OH Flag Football Downs West Boca to Win Season Opener

March 4, 2019

First year senior quarterback Alexis Durrance threw two second half touchdown passes to lead the Olympic Heights flag football team to a 12-0 win over the West Boca Bulls in the team’s season opening...

OH Baseball Mercy Rules PBL Rams in Season Opener

OH Baseball Mercy Rules PBL Rams in Season Opener

Jacob Tucker, Torch Contributor February 26, 2019

The Olympic Heights High School varsity baseball team got its 2019 season off to an impressive start with a 15-0 trouncing of the Palm Beach Lakes Rams on Monday night. The Lions could not have been more...

The Olympic Heights 2019 Varsity Baseball Team.

Heights Baseball Looks to Reap the Rewards of Hard Work in 2019 Season

Jacob Tucker, Torch Contributor February 21, 2019

When Coach Casey Beck took over the helm of the Olympic Heights baseball team four years ago, he had one goal in mind: build a winning program. Similar to most every coach at OH, he wanted to make his...

The 2019 Olympic Heights Varsity Softball Team

Heights Softball Trounces Atlantic 21-3 in Season Opener

February 20, 2019

Taking advantage of home runs by Kaitlyn Cunningham and Kelly Montilla, the Olympic Heights softball team won its 2019 season opener at Atlantic High, trouncing the Eagles 21-3 on Tuesday afternoon. Cunningham’s...

The Olympic Heights Girls Soccer Team took a little time to do some sightseeing when they traveled to Key West to play the Conchs the final weekend of Winter Break. OH beat Key West 2-1 in the match.

OH Girls Soccer Closes Out 15-Win Season; Readies for Potential Showdown with West Boca in District Tournament

Joshua Wolf, Staff Writer January 18, 2019

Coming into this year, Olympic Heights girls soccer coach Jim Cappello had very high expectations for his team, and as the team approaches next week’s district tournament, it would be an understatement...

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