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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.
The award-winning student news site of Olympic Heights High School

The Torch

The award-winning student news site of Olympic Heights High School

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Lions Beat Forest Hill 20-14; Improve to 5-1

Lions Beat Forest Hill 20-14; Improve to 5-1

October 18, 2016

Following a 48-0 loss to Dwyer that saw its unbeaten streak come to an end and the cancellation of the Berean Christian game due to Hurricane Matthew, the Olympic Heights football team got back to its...

Lions Football Loses First Game of Season to Dwyer 48-0

Lions Football Loses First Game of Season to Dwyer 48-0

October 7, 2016

The Olympic Heights football team suffered its first loss of the season at the hands of the Dwyer Panthers, 48-0 on Friday, Sept. 30. After running their record to 4-0, with all four wins coming on the...

Athletes of the Week for Week of Sept. 12

September 19, 2016

Football - Anthony Petillo; Boys Golf - Oliver Kiely; Girls Golf - Sabrina Adolpho; Boys Swimming - Kyle Kasztner; Girls Swimming - Anna Al-Salem; Girls Volleyball - Seneca Felker; Boys Cross Country...

OH Football Team Stays Undefeated with 24-21 Win over West Boca

OH Football Team Stays Undefeated with 24-21 Win over West Boca

September 18, 2016

Down by five points with just over seven minutes left in the game, the Olympic Heights football team went on an 16-play, 85-yard drive that was capped of by a Reis Clark 5-yard touchdown run with 2:16...

OHs Mike Nestor (#5) goes airborne to block a Santaluces extra point attempt that would have tied the game.

Lions Football Runs Record to 3-0 with 26-25 Win over Santaluces

September 11, 2016

Mike Nestor’s block of an extra point attempt by the Santaluces Chiefs that would have tied the game 26-26 with 6:27 remaining in the fourth quarter gave the OH football team its third win of the season,...

Football Team off to 2-0 Start

Football Team off to 2-0 Start

Devin Fuller and Jacob Pasternack September 5, 2016

As the 2016 Olympic Heights football season began, the big question was can the team make improvements on last year’s disappointing one-win season. After the team’s first outing of the year in the...

Derrick Morgan and Samuel Clingan Win Gold Medals at State Games

Derrick Morgan and Samuel Clingan Win Gold Medals at State Games

May 26, 2016

Olympic Heights Special Olympians Derrick Morgan and Samuel Clingan collectively won two gold medals, one silver medal, and one bronze medal at the Florida State Special Olympic Games held at Disnety's...

Sam Clingan (left) and Derrick Morgan will be competing at the Special Olympics state finals.

Two OH Special Olympic Athletes Moving on to States

April 20, 2016

Two Olympic Heights Special Olympic Athletes have qualified to move on the Florida State Games to be held at Disney's Wide World of Sports in Orlando. Derrick Morgan will be competing in the 100m and 200m...

First OH Special Olympics Games a Roaring Success for Lions

First OH Special Olympics Games a Roaring Success for Lions

March 8, 2016

The Olympic Heights Special Olympics Track and Field Team and Lion’s Club Volunteers participated in their first Special Olympic Track Meet hosted by John I. Leonard on Saturday, March 5.  The athletes,...

LAURENCE KOSOY WINS WRESTLING STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!

LAURENCE KOSOY WINS WRESTLING STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!

March 5, 2016

Olympic Heights senior Laurence Kosoy won the Class 2A State Championship in the 170 pound weight class by pinning Jon Shoen of Middleburg at the 5:02 mark of the championship match, Saturday evening,...

The Olympic Heights wrestling team celebrates its championship at the Tri-County Meet.

Three OH Wrestlers Win Regional Championships, Nine Advance to State

February 27, 2016

Olympic Heights wrestlers Dan Georges, Laurence Kosoy, and Alexi Castro each won their weight division championship at the Region 4-2A Championships held in Jensen Beach on Feb. 27 and 28. The Lions...

OH baseball team pitchers (from left) Aaron Weldy, Matt Levine, and Jared Spector will anchor the rotation for the 2016 season.

OH Baseball and Softball Teams Looking to Build on Last Seasons’ Gains

Cole Smith, Sports Editor February 25, 2016

The Olympic Heights baseball and softball seasons have finally arrived, and coaches Casey Beck and Cindy Lucia couldn’t have higher hopes for their respective teams. The Lions baseball team is stacked...

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