Today's Boys F/S Track Meet at Salem has been cancelled due to anticipated weather and is rescheduled for tomorrow - Wednesday, April 17 - at the same time.
Olney Tiger Baseball's matchup against Carbondale at home on Wednesday, April 17 has been cancelled. It will not be rescheduled.
GRIT Award winners for 4/9 - 4/15 are: Jakoby VanDyke - Bass Fishing, Paisley Paddock - Girls Soccer, Ashtin McCormick - Softball, Reyce Petersen - Girls Track, Carter Seaman - Boys Track, and Michael Taylor - Baseball (not pictured: AJ Padilla - Boys Tennis). The GRIT Award is awarded to an athlete that demonstrates hustle, teamwork, and dedication. This award isn't necessarily always the highest scorer or top performer, but one that shows drive and passion to make the team better!
The Lady Tigers competed at the Sam Bennett Invite at Robinson High School on Friday, April 12th. The Tigers finished 6th out of 17 teams. Girls who placed are as follows:
Josie Ginder 1st-3200 M Run, 6th-1600 M Run
Brielle Seiler 1st- 300 M Hurdles, 2nd-100 M Hurdles
Mackenzi Thomas 2nd-800 M Run
Hadley Denton 4th-100 M Dash, 4th-200 M Dash
Lily Stevens 4th-400 M Dash
4 x 100 M Relay-3rd place, Elizabeth Bahl, Kennedy Travis, Brielle Seiler, Hadley Denton
4 x 200 M Relay-6th place, Elizabeth Bahl, Kennedy Travis, Jillian Bettis, Savannah Cycholl
4 x 400 M Relay-6th place, Elizabeth Bahl, Kennedy Travis, Briley Kocher, Mackenzi Thomas
4 x 800 M Relay-6th place, Carly Houchin, Maddie Piercefield, Brooklyn Beard, Ryen Gray
The Lady Tigers run at Matton on Tuesday and at home on Thursday.
It's a full schedule for OTN spring athletes this week! There will be lots of opportunities for Olney Tiger fans to come and cheer on these students. Please check back for any scheduling changes.
Tiger Tennis' match today - April 11 - in Olney has been cancelled due to wet courts. Mt. Carmel will be rescheduled for next week on 4/17 when Fairfield and Centralia are here. That match will start 3:30pm.
The baseball and softball games against Lawrenceville for today - April 11 - have been cancelled due to wet fields.
Reschedule dates are as follows:
Baseball: Thursday, May 2, 4:30pm
Softball: Tuesday, April 16, 4:30pm
While this appears to be a conflct for softball, JV softball at Newton on 4/16 is now cancelled due to the rescheduling of today's conference game with Lawrenceville. It will now be played on 4/22 after the varsity game at Newton.
Tiger Varsity Baseball at home against Flora and Tiger JV Baseball at Lawrenceville has been cancelled for today - Wednesday, April 10 - due to the weather. Please check back for possible rescheduled dates.
GRIT Award winners for 4/2 - 4/8 are: Kacy Sager - Girls Soccer, Kaiya Seessengood - Softball, Alex Schneider - Baseball, Connor Grove - Boys Track, Drake Koester - Bass Fishing, and AJ Padilla - Boys Tennis (Not pictured Girls Track- Maddie Piercefield). The GRIT Award is awarded to an athlete that demonstrates hustle, teamwork, and dedication. This award isn't necessarily always the highest scorer or top performer, but one that shows drive and passion to make the team better!
LOOKING AHEAD:
RCHS & RCMS Choirs will present their Spring Choir Concert on Sunday, May 5 at 2:15pm. The concerts will take place in the Richland County Performing Arts Centers at RCHS. Admission is free. So mark your calendars and come out to support these vocalists!
This week's PR Club Staff of the Week is Mrs. Billington from the Family Consumer Science (FCS) Department!
With the exception of Monday, OTN Spring Athletics has lots of action for fans to catch the week of April 8!
Tiger JV Baseball's game against Marshall for today - Friday, April 5 - has been cancelled. Check back for possible rescheduling updates.
Tiger Track's Olney Invite scheduled for today - Friday, April 5 - has been cancelled due to cold temperatures. This meet will not be rescheduled.
A big thank you to Citizens National Bank of Albion, Olney branch, for supporting our Boys and Girls Basketball teams by donating $3 for every 3-pointer made at home this year!
"National Assistant Principals Week is a celebration of the unsung heroes in our education system. These dedicated folks work tirelessly to bolster teachers, motivate students, support their principal, create a positive learning community, and face the many unpredictable challenges that land on their desk.
Assistant Principals play a crucial role, and this week is a dedicated time to recognize them for their hard work and commitment to our schools, students, and profession.,"(https://www.nassp.org/national-assistant-principals-week/).
RCHS Assistant Principal is Mr. Rusk. He is in his second year as assistant principal. Prior to this position, he was a teacher in the RCHS agricultural department. RCHS is lucky to have Mr. Rusk in this role and is thankful for all his hard work and dedication!
The Lady Tiger Softball game against Princeton today, April 4, has been cancelled due to weather. If rescheduled, a new time and date will be posted.
It's that time of year again - it's ERFAE's Kidnap the Teacher fundraiser! April 8-26 at RCHS, students are encouraged to donate to their class milk jug bank. All proceeds are used by ERFAE to fund special projects throughout the year at RCCU 1 schools. The classroom that raises the most money from each school will have their teacher "kidnapped" and a pizza party! The class with the best decorated milk jug bank will receive a special treat from Ginger Ale's. So students, bring your change, strive for the prize, all while making a difference!
Tiger Baseball at Vincennes on Wednesday, April 3 has been cancelled.
Please make note of the following cancellations:
4/3 - Tiger JV Baseball vs. Edwards Co. (rescheduled for Friday, May 10)
4/3 - Tiger Tennis vs. Mt. Carmel/Fairfield/Centralia (rescheduled for April 11 [Mt. Carmel & Fairfield] & April 17 [Centralia & Fairfield])
4/4 -Tiger Tennis at Mattoon
