What an ending. On Fri. October 24, 2025, seniors on the Ottawa Pirates Varsity Football team ran onto the field following the OTHS Superfan flag runners one final time as they played in the final game...
5-6-7-8! The cheer team has started prepping for their competition season which starts soon. Coaches Janelle Nordtvedt and Lacy McConnaughay are having the team attend at least two practices a week. This...
Leaving the pom poms on the field. The senior class of 2026 cheerleaders prepare for their last high school Friday night football game in the courtyard before they enter the field. This was at the football...
Have you ever wondered which sport has been the most successful? Since the introduction of girls tennis, there has been at the very least one athlete who has been sent to state each year.
This year’s...
Under the Friday night lights is where senior Archer Cechowicz shines.
After coming back from a season ending injury in 2024, Cechowicz has showed his important role as a player on the football...
When the towering 6’7” blonde giant stands up as number 23, the other team is surely scared. Owen Sanders is a proud member of the basketball team. He has been playing for 12 years and is very happy...
The Pirate Poms has won big at the 2025 IDTA State Championship; with the AAA Lyrical being second and AAA Open Pom being third. “I was really proud in the moment but also feeling bittersweet that it...
Sophomore Libby Muffler shot a three-pointer at her JV girls basketball game on December 2 in Kingman Gym. The team won the game 30-22 against Serena. Muffler described how her team was determined to play...
Making history, senior Shaylen Quinn becomes the fourth girl in Ottawa history to go to state for Cross Country. For only beginning in cross country since her sophomore year, Quinn has made the most out...
The Boys Golf Team has made history by being the first team sport in the school’s history to win an IHSA state championship. With hard work and dedication, the boys went above and beyond this season.
The...
Is it hard to be a successful student athlete and manage schoolwork as well? Senior Hailey Larsen claims it can be easy. "Schoolwork comes before sports always. If you can’t keep your grades up, you...
Senior Jace Veith is taking the ball with his first year in the football team and running it straight to the end zone.
Veith felt committed to baseball until his last year at OTHS when he decided to...
