Behind the Stripes

A massive congrats to our girls' swim and dive team who are the new COC champions! They are the first OHS girls swim and dive team to win the COC championship since it became a COC sanctioned sport and we are so proud of them! Congrats ladies!

“We’ve got a great group of girls,” said Ozark coach Steve Boyce. “Two years ago they were freshmen and they were sophomores a year ago and now they’re juniors with a couple seniors sprinkled in there. They’ve really come along, it was their turn. They’ve done the work and the training to get to this point. They were willing to spread out their events and be in some good spots. We had somebody on the podium in almost everything.”

Read more about their historic win here.

This week, OHS junior Brooke Guyer has been selected as an Athlete of the Week! Brooke is a member of girls swim and dive team, who recently won the programs first COC Championship. During the COC Championship she set a new COC record in the 200m Individual Medley and helped the team secure numerous other first place wins, including the 200m medley relay, the 100m backstroke and the 400m relay.

"Brooke breaking the COC record in the IM was awesome,” Head Coach Steve Boyce said. “She didn’t have anybody to race with so doing it by herself was incredible."

Congrats Brooke!

This week, OHS junior Caden Harrington has been selected as an Athlete of the Week! Caden is an important member of the boys wrestling team. He recently won his second straight title at the COC tournament and is just five wins away from the 100-win club.

Congrats Caden!

This week, junior Ellie Harmon has been selected as our Artist of the Week! Ellie is one of OHS's very talented band students. She plays multiple instruments and has been honored numerous times for her talent, according to Assistant Band Director Dj Faught.

"Ellie plays oboe and is a member of this year's Missouri All-State Band," Faught said. "She is a hard worker and leader in our program. Not only is she great on the oboe, but her piano skills are an asset to our front ensemble during the marching season."

Congrats Ellie!

This week OHS senior Becca Gallo has been selected as our Tiger of the Week! Becca is a member of Educators Rising and has really thrived in the organization and definitely has a future in education, according to sponsor Trista Hilton.

"Last year, she competed at state and won first place with her creative lecture about student connectedness after the pandemic," Hilton said. "This year, she will be attending state and competing in a children's literacy competition as well as a lesson planning competition. Becca has been heavily involved in the OHS Education and Training Program, accumulating hundreds of internship hours within the program while excelling in the seated classroom as well. On top of that, she already holds a teaching position at a local preschool and wishes to continue teaching preschool after graduation. Becca is one of those kids that I wish I could keep in my class forever! She is a lovely student, inside and out, and we are so blessed to have her."

Congrats Becca!

Congrats to senior Easton Beezley for an awesome performance with The Collective on Jan. 25 at the 2024 Missouri Music Educators Association (MMEA) State Conference!

The Collective is an All-State ensemble made up of high school songwriters. Easton performed with other students for a crowd of several hundred music teachers and students. He even performed one of his own original songs. Great job representing Ozark!

Ozark's boys and girls wrestling teams showed up big at their respective COC tournaments on Jan. 27. The boys team ended the tournament with six medalists, including four finalists and two champions: Caden Harrington and Johnny Williams. The girls team also had an impressive finish with nine medalists including two champions: Adi Hoelzle and Emma Tsaruk! Congrats to all our awesome wrestlers on a great season thus far!

FCCLA competed at the Regional STAR event competition at MSU last week and came home with lots of hardware! Congratulations to our Tigers!

State Qualifiers with a Gold:

• Ayla Hulbert - Fashion Design Level 3
• Ashlee Stewart - Fashion Construction Level 2
• Sophia Hornickel and Josie Ray Interior Design - Level 2
• Sophia Schade and Morgan Sutton - Interior Design Level 3
• Elliyana Adkins- Sustainability Challenge - Level 3
• Kaylee Reed - Baking and Pastry

Gold

• Elsa Cardin - Fashion Design Level 3
• Aliyah Post - Interior Design Level 3

Silver

• Jaiden West and Sophia Patterson - Interior Design Level 2

OHS's Creative Writing Club recently competed in a national Young Writers Creative Writing Contest. The contest was open to all middle/high school students in the United States and was entitled "Hunted: Mini Sagas."

Students had to write a work of fiction centered around the topic "Hunted" in 100 words or less. Six students received awards for their writing and were chosen to be published in the Young Writers Anthology entitled, "Hunted: The Chase Chronicles." The anthology will be published in late April!

Congratulations to the following students!

• Dorian Seawel
• Benai Bailey
• Jayden Gregorio
• Jasmin Jones
• Tom Whitaker
• Not pictured: Aubrey Sundlie

Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024

Girls Varsity Swim and Dive at COC Tournament

• Won first COC Championship in programs history

Boys Varsity/JV/9th Grade Basketball @ Glendale

• Varsity: 76-82 (L)
• JV: 63-59 (W)
• 9th: 54-51 (W)

Girls Varsity Basketball @ Gary Keeling Invitational

• VS West Plains: 38-58 (L)

Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024

Boys JV Basketball @ Ozark JV Tournament

• VS Hillcrest: 46-31 (W)
• VS Nixa: 49-47 (W)

Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024

Girls Varsity Basketball @ I-44 Lady's Classic

• VS Warrensburg: 62-24 (W)
• VS Troy Buchanan: 39-48 (L)
• VS Lee's Summit West: 49-55 (L)

Friday, Jan. 26, 2024

Girls Varsity Wrestling @ COC Tournament

• Ended the tournament with nine medalists, including two champions: Adi Hoelzle and Emma Tsaruk

Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024

Boys Varsity Wrestling @ COC Tournament

• Ended the tournament with six medalists, including four finalists and two champions: Caden Harrington and Johnny Williams

Girls Varsity Swim and Dive @ Springfield Invite

• 9th place overall

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!

Ozark Sports Zone

• NIXA GIRLS WRESTLING DOMINATES COC TOURNAMENT
  
• PICTURES: COC GIRLS WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
• VIDEO: COC GIRLS WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
  
• OZARK GIRLS IMPRESS FROM THE START IN WINNING COC SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP
• PICTURES: WEST PLAINS 58, OZARK 38

Christian County Headliner

• Second straight COC title has Harrington within five wins of Ozark's 100-win club
  

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