Girls basketball dribbling to a great season

Lydia Manning, reporter

December 18, 2018

Filed under News, Sports, Top Stories

With a record of 5-3, girls varsity basketball is off to a strong start as they head into holiday break. In their most recent game, the team pulled out a 66-33 win over Marquette. After the graduation of three essential starting seniors, two players in particular have stepped up to lead the team. R...

Alexis Williams spikes the competition

Jordan Beseda, reporter

December 18, 2018

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Once a year, Missouri volleyball coaches nominate players from all across the state to be candidates for the All-State Volleyball award. In the end, only 35 players are chosen. OHS has not had an athlete make the All-State Volleyball Team in 18 years -- until now. Alexis Williams (11), a member of the OHS va...

Golden Girls Go Gold

Christina Meier, Editor-in-Chief

December 14, 2018

Filed under News, Sports, Top Stories

The Golden Girls placed among the top teams at their first competition of the season.   The varsity and JV GG teams all competed at the Yvonne Cole Lindbergh Invitational at Lindbergh High School on Dec. 1 against schools from Kansas City, St. Louis, and Illinois.   Varsity placed...

OHS drumline puts on memorable performance.

JoJo LaBrier, reporter

December 14, 2018

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The OHS drumline performed  “Little Drummer Boy” at the finale of the Twin Rivers Worship Center’s (TRWC) Emmanuel service, on Sunday, Dec. 9. Twin Rivers originally reached out to Bernard Middle Schools band to perform, and the middle school referred them to OHS drumline. TRWC compensated ...

Band places in BOA

Cassandra Ludwig, reporter

November 12, 2018

Filed under Sports, Top Stories, Uncategorized

When the Oakville Marching Tigers won their first competition at Farmington, little did they know that the winning would continue throughout their season. The band placed first in three of their five competitions and is now nationally ranked as a division one band. At the Farmington Marching Invitational (Sep...

Softball remains strong through regular season

Iyanna Robinson, reporter

October 4, 2018

Filed under Sports, Top Stories

Although the team has struggled lately, varsity softball still has had a strong season. Going in the final game the record is 15-8 going into the final week of the regular season. After a 1-2 start at the Chesterfield tournament to open the season, the girls won 10 straight games, giving them the b...

Cheerleaders cheer for St. Louis Cardinals

Kathleen Seithel, reporter

October 2, 2018

Filed under Sports, Top Stories

Filled with new faces, Oakville’s varsity cheerleaders have started the season with their annual fundraising efforts. For the fourth year in a row, the cheerleaders were given the chance to perform at Busch Stadium on Sept. 10. The 16 varsity girls entertained Cardinal fans in Ford Plaza with thei...

Girls cross country races for medals

Joey Miller, reporter

September 28, 2018

Filed under Sports, Top Stories

Girls Cross Country is off to a strong start, with varsity girls taking medals in every race so far. Emma Mueller (12) and Mackenzie Montandon (11) both medaled at the Lutheran South Invitational that took place in Jefferson Barracks Park, which was the first race of the season on Aug. 30. Out of 63 run...

Girls lacrosse has successful first season

Mckenzie Knapp, editor in chief

May 22, 2018

Filed under Channel 97 News, Channel 97/Videos, Sports, Top Stories

Due to high demand, OHS created a girls lacrosse team. Many of the girls has no experience with the sport prior, so the girls played under the JV level. The girls had a successful season learning how to play the game.

Boys volleyball falls short in districts

Rachel Delgado, reporter

May 22, 2018

Filed under Sports, Top Stories

The OHS varsity boys volleyball season recently came to a close after a tough loss against Lutheran South. The team played their final match of the season in the District Championship tournament on Wednesday May 16 at Parkway Central. The first set had a final score of 25-21 and the boys came up short...

Klipsch and Guardado recieve scholarships to SIU-Edwardsville

Maddy McClure, reporter

May 16, 2018

Filed under Sports, Top Stories

Ashley Guardado (12) and Kayla Klipsch (12) have been playing soccer on the same team since they were in kindergarten. The duo started on a co-ed Catholic Youth Council (CYC) team until eighth grade, continuing to Club Ball and select teams all the way up to high school. Traveling the country with...

OHS welcomes new fishing group

April 16, 2018

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This past February, woodworking teacher Mr. Matthew Schraut created a new fishing group for OHS students. The idea started to gain momentum at the end of first semester after Schraut and some students heard about the FISH STL Cup, a group that hosts fishing tournaments for schools, homegroups, or...