Sports

The Olney High School celebrated its graduating basketball athletes at the Senior Night games and reception on Feb. 3 at home. Both Lady Cubs teams stomped the Petrolia Lady Pirates, with the Varsity team winning 40-18 and JV bringing home a 23-19 victory. The Cubs Varsity team fell to the Pirates, 33-36. The JV Cubs beat Petrolia 5229. Athletic Director Jody Guy introduced the graduating athletes and their families in an emotional ceremony in the gym. The teams gathered after the games for a reception.

Olney High School qualified two teams and four students for the 2022-2023 University Interscholastic League State Cross-Examination Debate meet to be held March 13-16 at the University of Texas at Austin. OHS qualifiers include Adelade Edgington and Allie Barrington, who won first place at the District Cross-Examination Meet, and Rodolfo Arce and Aidyn Bitner, who won second place at District.

Kortney Kulhanek of Olney is the new county agent in Throckmorton County, hired by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service as one of 19 new county agents across the state. Ms. Kulkanek specializes in family and community health and says she is eager to help the youth of Throckmorton County acquire the same skills that she learned through 4-H and FFA and by volunteering in ag-related youth programs.