Behind the Stripes

Ozark Varsity Cheer became back-to-back-to-back Gameday State Champions on Feb. 24! They not only took first in the Missouri Time Out Division, the Missouri Band Chant Division and Missouri Fight Song Division, but also took home the top prize as the Missouri Game Day State Champions!

The team also competed in Missouri's first stunt competition and took home first, second, third and sixth place out of 25 teams.

These wins rounded out an undefeated season for the program and was the most successful season in its history! Congrats ladies!!

After a grueling state tournament, Ozark came home with four boys state wrestling medalists! Congrats to the following wrestlers:

• Dayton Moison: 3rd place
• Ruben Arvizu: 4th place
• Caden Harrington: 5th place
• Johnny Williams: 5th place

Congrats on an amazing season guys!!

A massive congrats to the Ozark Junior Varsity Cheer team for taking first place at the Missouri Game Day Classic! They also took first place Missouri JV Fight Song Division and the Missouri JV Band Chant Division. Additionally, they took third place in Missouri JV Time Out Division.

The team also competed in Missouri's first stunt competition and one of their groups took home second place in their division. Congrats to Kaylssa Bode, Zoey McKeehan, Caylee Dovidio and Maddie Rothove!

Congrats on an amazing season ladies!!

On Feb. 24, Ozark's Pom Dance team rounded out their 2023/24 season competing at the MDTA State Championship! The team took second place in division 5 with their kick routine. Additionally, nine members of the team were selected for all-state academic honors! Congrats on a great season ladies!!

This week, senior Ella Ferretti has been selected as an Athlete of the Week! Ella is a member of Ozark Varsity Cheer and recently helped lead the team to its third consecutive Game Day State Championship, according to Head Coach Tess Keller.

"When you're approaching the weeks leading up to a competition, everyone deserves to have an Ella Ferretti on their team," Keller said. "Ella has continued to display leadership throughout this year. This week, as we prepared for our final competition of the season and the final competition of her cheerleading career, Ella was the leader this team needed. Her whole heart goes into first making sure she is fulfilling her role on our team 110 percent, and then ensuring that her teammates are doing the same. Ella has been a member of OVC for all four years of high school at OHS. We love her and are extremely proud of what she has helped our program accomplish during her journey."

Congrats Ella!

This week, OHS freshman Kylan Pickren has been selected as an Athlete of the Week! Kylan is a member of the boys varsity basketball team and recently led the team in scoring, according to Head Coach Mark Schweitzer.

"Kylan has had a tremendous year at the varsity level as a freshman," Schweitzer said. "He led us in scoring over our last nine games, helping us to a 6-3 record in those games."

Congrats Kylan!

This week, OHS junior Parker Fritz as been selected as our Artist of the Week! Parker is a culinary student and always takes an interest in learning about new foods and techniques, according to culinary teacher Chef Laurent Watts.

"Parker is always interested in learning about the different cooking methods," he said. "During our eggs block he said, 'I am always trying to get my scrambled eggs like Nana does, this technique showed me how.'"

Congrats Parker!

This week, OHS senior Adam Lupton has been selected as our Tiger of the week! Adam is a member of OHS's academic team and recently helped lead the varsity team to a fourth-place finish, leading the charge as the team's top scorer and finishing second overall!

Congrats Adam!

JROTC Drill Teams traveled to Leavenworth to compete, and they brought home some new hardware, including numerous first place trophies. They took first in both unarmed color guard and armed color guard; second place in unarmed regulation, armed regulation and unarmed overall; and third place in unarmed exhibition! Congrats Cadets!!

On Feb. 21, 70 junior high and high school men combined for an all-day tour around Ozark for the annual Ozark Men’s Choir Tour! These students performed in five school assemblies throughout the day, singing at each of Ozark's elementary schools and Ozark Middle School.

During the tour, they talked about the joy of music, singing, and being an artist in life — no matter who you are! Music is for everyone!

Congratulations to the JROTC Rifle Team who won numerous awards from their home meet. The Sporter team took home first place, the Precision team took home second place and two cadets received individual awards! Congrats Cadets!

Monday, Feb. 19, 2024

Girls Varsity/JV/9th Grade Basketball VS Joplin

• Varsity: 58-30 (W)
• JV: 55-9 (W)
• 9th: N/A

Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024

Boys Varsity/JV/9th Grade Basketball VS Joplin

• Varsity: 86-66 (W)
• JV: 74-39 (W)
• 9th: 65-39 (W)

Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024

Girls Varsity/JV/9th Grade Basketball @ Nixa

• Varsity: 42-56 (W)
• JV: N/A
• 9th: N/A

Friday, Feb. 23, 2024

Varsity Wrestling @ Boys and Girls State Championships

• Four boys medaled:
• Dayton Moison: 3rd place
• Ruben Arvizu: 4th place
• Caden Harrington: 5th place
• Johnny Williams: 5th place

Boys Varsity/JV/9th Grade Basketball at Nixa

• Varsity: 52-69 (L)
• JV: 61-59 (W)
• 9th: 59-67 (W)

Make sure you never miss an event this year and pick up your 2023-24 activity pass now! They are $50 for adults and $25 for students. They get you access to all 7th-12th grade home games (except MSHSAA postseason events).

➡️ Order and pay for them online here: https://bit.ly/3Yk3ikj

➡️ They can also be paid for with cash or check in the OHS athletic office (417-582-5711)

Every week our Ozark Tigers are featured in media around the region! Check out how we were featured last week below!

Christian County Headliner

• Bright future for COC, with McKnight and Pickren established stars as freshmen
  
• Roberts' eight 3-pointers help Tigers net a season-high 86 points versus Joplin
  

We are so excited about our new athletic website: OzarkMoTigers.org! The website (and app) features schedules, scores, rosters and the latest news about your favorite Ozark teams! If you haven't had a chance to check it out yet take a few minutes, I promise you won't regret it!

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