Omro High School

Omro High School is a public high school in Omro, Wisconsin.

History

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Campus

In 2001 a new elementary school was built along with an addition to the pre-existing high school. HB Patch houses K-2 students and served as one of three elementary schools before the construction of the current elementary school. Before the erection of the new elementary school, the three district K-5 schools were HB Patch, Enterprise, and Omro Junction. Upon completion of Omro Elementary, Omro Junction was sold to the state and Enterprise became a school for challenged and struggling students.

Extracurricular activities

Student groups and activities include academic bowl, art club, audiovisual club, Badger Boys/Badger Girls, forensics, FBLA, FFA, history club, Key Club, math team, National Honor Society, O-Club (Varsity letter recipients), Students Against Destructive Decisions, ski club, Spanish club, and student council.

Athletics

The Omro Foxes compete in the Wisconsin Flyway Conference.^[6] They formerly belonged to the Eastern Valley Conference and before that the East Central Flyway Conference. Omro High School fields teams in soccer, baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, dance, football, golf, powerlifting, softball, track & field, volleyball, and wrestling. An equestrian club/team began competition in fall 2008.^[7]

Every fall the Omro Foxes Football Team competes against the Winneconne Wolves for the coveted China Bull Trophy - one of the oldest football rivalries in the state of Wisconsin. When in the ECC, under head coach Spencer Rolph, the boy's basketball team won 12 conference titles over a 15-year span. Their 2 state appearances came during this 15-year span. In 2007, by lead of senior Patrick Plank, the foxes track team won its first ECFC conference title and first WIAA sectional championship. In the fall of 2008, the foxes boy's soccer team won the school's first Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) regional championship. The soccer team broke their 3-year regional title match losing streak by winning 1-0. In 2010 the Powerlifting team captured its first ever state title. In the fall of 2010 the foxes football team made its return to the state playoffs after a 12-year drought. The team lost in the second round of the playoffs.

State championship titles

• 1997 Division 3 State Basketball Champions
• 1999 Division 3 State Basketball Runner-up
• 2007 Patrick Plank Division 2 State 300m Hurdle Champion 2007 WIAA State 300m Hurdles Video
• 2007 Patrick Plank Division 2 State 200m Runner-up
• 2007 Patrick Plank Division 2 State 110m Hurdle Runner-Up
• 2008 Boys Division 2 State 4x200m Relay Runner-up (Brent Kriha, Kyle Zimmer, Kenny Jones, Kyle Van Damme)
• 2009 Girls Division 2 State 4x200m Relay Champions (Jessica Will, Alyssa Baehman, Jessica Berger, Amanda Obot)
• 2009 Division 2 State Powerlifting Runner-up
• 2010 Division 2 State Powerlifting Champions
• 2010 Division C Reserve State Champions Equestrian Team

Notable alumni

• Gary Frank, powerlifter, 1997 WISCTCA hall of fame inductee,^[8] Omro Wall of Fame member, "Worlds Strongest Man" in the 80's, also played in the NFL - 192nd pick in the 1988 NFL draft, drafted out of Mississippi State by the Denver Broncos.^[9][10]
• Walter G. Hollander, Wisconsin State Senate^[11]
• Andy Jorgensen (1986), Wisconsin State Assembly^[12]
• Gordon R. Bradley, Wisconsin State Assembly
• Keven Bradley (2002), Played in the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association All-Star game his senior year, member of 1999 WIAA Division 3 State-Runner up basketball team, played 2 seasons of basketball for UW-Stevens Point where he was a member of their Division 3 national championship team, then transferred to Lawrence University where he had a career high 33 point game in which he scored his team's final 20 points. Bradley is currently the assistant head men's basketball coach at the University of Upper Iowa.^[13]
• Patrick Plank (2007), 2007 State Track 300m Hurdle Champion and former Division 2 State Record Holder, Wisconsintrackandfield.com's #9 rated athlete of the year (2007),WISTCA All State Selection, 2007 WIAA Scholar Athlete (one of 32 selected statewide), 2007 Wendy's High School Heisman Wisconsin State Finalist, Currently runs for the Wisconsin Badgers, Big Ten Athlete of the Week (3/25/09)^{[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]}
• Brent Vroman (2001), US Marine killed in Iraq in 2004^[24]

References

External links

• Omro High School