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  • Congratulations Hedley Linton for being selected as OH's April Instructional Employee of the month Month
  • Congratulations Claudia De Almeida Menezes for being selected as OH's April 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

The Torch

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

The Torch

Torch Prediction: Three Billboards Will Be the Big Winner at 90th Academy Awards

Torch Prediction: Three Billboards Will Be the Big Winner at 90th Academy Awards

Cole Smith, Social Media Editor February 28, 2018

The 90th Academy Awards to be held on Sunday, March 4, feature a list of very deserving nominees and some very “too-close-to-call” races in some of the major categories. Guillermo del Toro’s “The...

Sally Hawkins and Doug Jones shine as love interests in Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water.

The Shape of Water Is Among 2017’s Best Films

Cole Smith, Social Media Editor January 4, 2018

Is there a social requirement that should define love? The Shape of Water is the story of Elisa, a mute and isolated woman who works as a cleaning lady in a hidden, high-security government laboratory...

Disney Domination Grows As It Acquires 21st Century Fox

Disney Domination Grows As It Acquires 21st Century Fox

Cole Smith, Social Media Editor December 21, 2017

Disney has changed the game yet again. In a stunning move of power and intelligence, Disney will acquire 21st Century Fox for a staggering $52.4 billion, merging two of Hollywood’s biggest powerhouses. Not...

Latest Star Wars Installment Underwhelms

Latest Star Wars Installment Underwhelms

Cole Smith, Social Media Editor December 18, 2017

The Star Wars film franchise is beloved around the world and is considered by many to be the greatest collective cinematic achievement Hollywood has ever spawned. The true return of the galaxy far,...

Bill Skarsgard plays the terrifying Pennywise the Clown in Stephen King's IT.

IT May Be Best Horror Film in Decades

Cole Smith, Social Media Editor September 18, 2017

You'll float too. IT is the first cinematic adaptation of the 1986 odyssey of a novel of the same name written by legendary horror author Stephen King. Taking place in the fictional town of Derry, Maine,...

Miami Dolphins second round draft pick and projected starting middle linebacker Raekwon McMillan is helped off the field after tearing his ACL on the opening kickoff of the first game of the 2017 pre-season. He is out for the season.

Growing Number of Injuries Calls for an End to the NFL Pre-season Games

Cole Smith August 23, 2017

The National Football League’s (NFL) preseason games span four weeks and gives each organization time to warm up their starters before the beginning of the regular season, see how the back-up players...

Hell or High Water a "Must See" Film

Hell or High Water a “Must See” Film

Cole Smith, Staff Writer September 20, 2016

Hell or High Water is a modern western that follows two estranged brothers, one being an ex-con (Ben Foster) and the other a divorced father (Chris Pine), who have to turn to a desperate scheme in order...

LSU's Ben Simmons will be going to the Philadelphia 76ers as the first pick of the 2016 NBA draft.

Predicting the NBA Draft for the Lottery Teams

Cole Smith, Sports Editor May 31, 2016

The time of the year where fans of the National Basketball Association (NBA) worldwide to anticipate which young athlete will be selected to their favorite organization has come, and with it comes the...

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...

Basketball Teams Keep Positive Attitudes Despite Uneven Starts to Season

Cole Smith, Sports Editor December 4, 2015

While the Olympic Heights basketball seasons haves gotten off to less than spectacular starts, both Coach Ann Klapperich of the girls’ team and Coach Matthew Ryder of the boys’ team are staying optimistic. The...

A healthy Chris Bosh (left) and a revitalized Dwyane Wade will make the Miami Heat a force in the NBA East this season.

MIAMI HEAT PREVIEW: Look for Miami to Be a Force in NBA East

Cole Smith, Sports Editor October 27, 2015

Over the course of last season, the Miami Heat were never able to pick up the speed and contend with other organizations in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Injuries were the main reason for...

Carolina's Panthers' Cam Newton NFL's Most Underappreciated Quarterback

Carolina’s Panthers’ Cam Newton NFL’s Most Underappreciated Quarterback

Cole Smith, Sports Editor October 26, 2015

Starting at the quarterback position for the Carolina Panthers is Cameron “Cam” Newton, and he just might be the most overlooked and underrated quarterback in all of professional football. Newton...

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