This Week's Issue

OHS Spirit Squad Puts on the Pep Assembly

By: Abbi Arnold 

The Orion Spirit Squad performed their “extreme routine” last Thursday, October 1st. Their routine consisted of stunting, tumbling, and dancing to 6 different songs. They also were in charge of the grade competitions and the sports relay races at the pep assembly. The grades slid on air mattresses in an attempt to get to the finish line before the other grades. The Junior class won this race. The sports relay races consisted of a potato sack race, a three legged race, popping a balloon, and eating a fruit by the foot without hands. The volleyball team won the relay races. The cheer team then cheered on the football team on Friday October 2nd against Rockridge. 

Boys Golf Week 2

By: Isabella Carstens

Boys golf had three meets this week. One was a varsity meet, the other was a junior varsity meet, and the third was regionals. The varsity and junior varsity meets were on Monday the 30th at Valley View, in Cambridge IL. The varsity got second place to Geneseo, and the junior varsity got first place. They had regionals scheduled for Wednesday September 30th, but it got cancelled due to all of the rain. They are set to play on Friday, October 2nd if the rain holds out. 

Girls Golf Regionals 

By: Nona Schofield

This week, Girls Golf had their Regionals on Tuesday at Highland Springs golf course. The teams at the tournament were Rockridge, Orion, Cambridge, Princeton, Sherrard, Port Byron, Fulton, Erie, Mendota, Geneseo, Aledo, Dixon, Rochelle, Alleman, and Bureau Valley. The Orion girls placed second in the tournament, qualifying for sectionals as a team. Evelyn Wilbur placed fourth overall. They have sectionals on Monday at Valley View golf course. To advance to state as a team, they will need to place at least third overall.

Chargers Fall Short to Newman

By: Garrett Jacobs

On Saturday, September 26, 2026, the Orion Chargers played against Newman Central Catholic. The game was really close, but Newman ended up winning 14-12.

The Chargers started off strong and went into halftime leading 6-0. Orion was in a good position to win the game, but Newman fought back in the second half. Newman scored late in the fourth quarter, which helped them take the lead and win the game.

Next week the Chargers take on Rockridge for their homecoming game.