The Olney High School Lady Cubs hosted district rivals, the Seymour Lady Panthers, for their district home opener. The Lady Cubs have been giving maximum effort and fighting hard this season but have been having limited success in this rebuilding season.
Congress members Morgan Simmons, Ava Stewart, Colby Johnson, Foster Sullivan, and Will Caffey competed in Region Congress at Region 9 in Wichita Falls on Monday, November 10. Morgan Simmons, Will Caffey and Ava Stewart qualified for state coming out as the top three.
Coach Meredith Caffey is the new head girls basketball coach for OHS. She graduated high school in 2001. Then she graduated from Sul Ross State University in Alpine in 2005. In college she was a fouryear letterman in Track & Field, FCA President and a two year All-Conference Thrower. Some fun facts about Coach Caffey are that she married her husband, Coach Jacobs, on July 12 this year. She also named her dog Court because she coaches basketball. Both of her parents and all of her siblings have coached before. And lastly she loves Christmas, the color pink and sunflowers.
On Nov. 8, the Olney Debate Team traveled to Whitesboro HS to compete in a tournament. Sawyer Edgington, Aubree Englishbee, Briana Lombardo competed in LD. Edgington had a 3-0 record, won first place, and had perfect speaker points. Second place went to Lombardo, also with a 3-0 record. Englishbee came in fourth place.
On Nov. 15, girls basketball played Alvord at home. JV unfortunately lost 9-41. The Varsity team won 34-25 against Alvord.
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