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Ruiz Mows Down Hitters to Open Baseball Season

By Wargin, Marcus | Apr 1, 2022

When junior Cristian Ruiz takes the mound for the Oak Lawn Community High School baseball team, opposing hitters know one thing for sure—they are going to see some heat.

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Amigon Swings Big Stick for Spartans Softball

By Wargin, Marcus | Apr 1, 2022

Despite the near freezing temperatures of this spring, Oak Lawn Community High School senior Ruby Amigon is really hot at the plate, opening the season with a .750 batting average and five RBIs in the first three games.

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Press Release: Domas Rasymas Bowling

By Wargin, Marcus | Feb 22, 2022

RASYMAS CAPS OFF CAREER WITH OUTSTANDING SENIOR BOWLING SEASON Written by Brian Frangella, OLCHS Staff Writer The Oak Lawn Community High School boys bowling team had a season for the ages this year as it won the South Suburban Conference Red championship, the Illinois High School Association Regional championship, and rolled a record-breaking performance against Reavis along the way.

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Press Release: Aniya Seeley-Williams Story

By Wargin, Marcus | Feb 22, 2022

Junior Aniya Seeley-Williams has climbed to become the Spartans top sprinter in girls track and field.

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Kennelly Earns Second Straight SSC Red Girls Hoops Poy Award

By Wargin, Marcus | Feb 21, 2022

Basketball fans can recognize greatness when they see it on the court. For the past two seasons, fans of South Suburban Conference Red girls basketball action have seen that greatness each and every game in Oak Lawn Community High School senior Mia Kennelly.

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Spartan Speech Team Advances to State

By Wargin, Marcus | Feb 18, 2022

The Spartans head to the IHSA state competition this coming weekend in Peoria.

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Press Release: Boys Swim and Dive Conference Winners

By Wargin, Marcus | Feb 17, 2022

After losing to both Shepard and Evergreen Park during the regular season, the Oak Lawn Community High School boys swim team knew it had its work cut out for it at the South Suburban Conference Red meet last weekend.

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Spartans Give Best Effort at IHSA Sectional Wrestling Meet

By Wargin, Marcus | Feb 17, 2022

Competing in one of the most difficult wrestling sectionals in the country at the Class 3A Hinsdale Central Sectional meet on Friday and Saturday, Oak Lawn Community High School faced a difficult task in trying to advance wrestlers to the Illinois High School Association State Finals.

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Press Release: Boys Bowling Regional Champions

By Wargin, Marcus | Jan 29, 2022

After winning the South Suburban Conference Red Championship a week ago, the Oak Lawn Community High School boys bowling team was ready to conquer the world.

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Honor Roll Press Release Semester 1 2021-22

By Wargin, Marcus | Jan 26, 2022

Oak Lawn Community High School announced that the students attached earned honor roll status for the first semester of the 2021-2022 school year.

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Siert Continues to Improve in Pool to Lead Spartans

By Wargin, Marcus | Jan 19, 2022

Breaking the one-minute mark in the 100-yard butterfly has been a goal for Dillon Siert as captain of the boys swim team at Oak Lawn Community High School.

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Spartan Girls Bowler Strang Starts Strong in Senior Season

By Wargin, Marcus | Jan 19, 2022

The Oak Lawn Community High School girls bowling team enters tournaments all season long, and especially early on in the year, to get a feel for where the team stands in terms of area competition.

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Spartan Education Foundation Set to Host ‘the Rat Pack Is Back’

By Wargin, Marcus | Jan 13, 2022

Start spreading the news, Oak Lawn Community High School is hosting an exciting night of entertainment to help raise money for the Spartan Education Foundation. “The Rat Pack is Back” will be performing in the Performing Arts Center on the campus of OLCHS, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m.

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Davion Lawrence, Football

By Wargin, Marcus | Oct 23, 2021

Although this is only Davion Lawrence’s first year playing football at Oak Lawn Community High School, he is showing the ability to excel in every aspect of the game. He anchors the defensive line, he plays wide receiver on offense, and he serves as the team’s kicker

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Gallagher Swim Story

By Wargin, Marcus | Oct 13, 2021

The sun hasn’t even climbed above the horizon each morning when Oak Lawn Community High School’s senior Rylee Gallagher hits the pool for diving practice. And as the sun sets in the west that same day, Gallagher returns to the pool to perfect her stroke for her swimming events.

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Girls Tennis

By Wargin, Marcus | Oct 13, 2021

Entering the South Suburban Conference girls tennis meet, head coach Dan Doyle was hoping to see some of the best performances of the season.

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Girls Golf

By Wargin, Marcus | Sep 30, 2021

Last year the Oak Lawn Community High School girls golf team won its first-ever match, and this year was the team’s first official season. With the program still in its infancy, expectations were relatively unknown.

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Boys Golf

By Wargin, Marcus | Sep 29, 2021

Coming into the boys golf season, head coach Pat Mayer knew he had a strong senior class and a very deep roster. Last week at the South Suburban Conference meet, the seniors stepped up to lead the way for a third-place finish.

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Football Feature

By Wargin, Marcus | Sep 25, 2021

There is an adage in high school sports that athletes roaming the halls and not participating in a sport is an untapped resource.

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Local News Anchor Natalie Bomke of Fox 32 Visits OLCHS Social Science Class

By Wargin, Marcus | Sep 24, 2021

The late news icon Walter Cronkite once said of his job as a newscaster, “Our job is only to hold up the mirror-to tell and show the public what has happened.”