Otselic Valley Central School District

FIRST SECTIONAL MATCH The Varsity Girls Soccer team plays in their first sectional match at HOME on Thursday October 19th at 3 pm against Sackets Harbor. Please come and support the Vikings!! Transportation will be available to North Pitcher and Georgetown after the game for students in grades 6-12. Students needing transportation should sign up in the Main Office.

NEXT TIME, MODIFIED SOCCER TEAMS! "The Boys Modified team played Brookfield last night and came up short 3-2. Carter Cruikshank and Jayden Wallen-Varry each scored one goal. The Girls Modified team also played Brookfield and again fell short 3-1. Taylor Marshall scored the lone goal for the girls. Good games, everyone!" -- Coach Graham #NextTime #resilience #KeepGoing #StudentAthletes #ProudOfYou #GoVikings #VikingPride

BOYS MODIFIED SOCCER SHUT OUT DERUYTER > "The Boys Modified Soccer team defeated DeRuyter Friday night 3-0! Jayden Whelen-Verry scored all three goals and Alex Doroshenko had a shut out in the goal. The Vikings did a great job passing and working together to defeat the Rockets. Great job, boys!" -- Coach Graham

GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER SHUTS OUT DERUYTER, HEADS TO SECTIONALS WITH A THURSDAY HOME GAME! "The Lady Vikings won Friday night against Deruyter 4-0 in the bitter cold. Rachel Loomis, Kimmy Miron-Blanco, Susannah Lyon, and Skyler Graham scored. The midfield worked hard, having to travel the full length of the field most of the game. Paige Will and Miranda Hackett played excellent defense. Carlie Golden showed her amazing abilities as a goalie with 14 saves, denying Deruyter the back of the net. Great game ladies! NEWS!!! The team plays in their first sectional match at HOME on Thursday October 19th against Sackets Harbor at 3:00 PM. Please come and support the Vikings!!" -- Coach Klein and Coach Lyon #GoVikings #VikingPride #soccer #LadyVikings #sectionals

REMINDER: Today (Friday, Oct. 13) students will be dismissed 15 minutes early for our scheduled emergency evacuation drill. Students who ride bus will be arriving home about 15 minutes early.

GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER DEFEATS MCGRAW IN A SHUT OUT > "The Lady Vikings played an impressive game yesterday winning against McGraw 5-0 on Senior Night. Scoring for the Vikings were Makayla Mills, Kimmy Miron- Blanco, Kali Waltz, and Rachel Loomis with 2. Susannah Lyon, Esperanza Ponce, Skyler Graham, Abby White, Miranda Hackett, Emma Rooker, Mackenzie Reandeau, Paige Will, and Carlie Golden supported with great effort to gain another victory! This team has had great determination when playing. All the girls played wonderfully. To the Seniors- thank you for being amazing on and off the field. The leadership and motivation you have shown has not gone unnoticed. We are so proud of you and your love of the sport! We have our Last Season Game in Deruyter tonight at 8 PM." -- Coach Klein and Coach Lyon #GoVikings #VikingPride #soccer #LadyVikings

REMINDER FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 13 > Students will be dismissed 15 minutes early on Friday for an emergency evacuation drill.

#ThrowbackThursday to the 1st and 2nd grades in the 1938 Centralian

LADY VIKINGS DEFEATED MADISON, HAVE SENIOR NIGHT TONIGHT (10/12)! "In a closely contested match, the Lady Vikings came out on top in overtime, winning against the Madison Blue Devils 2-1. The girls fought hard all game but struggled to find the back of the net. Kali Waltz scored through two Blue Devils players in the second half. Madison then tied it up leading to overtime. In overtime, Makayla Mills scored in the first 20 seconds, ending the game with the golden goal! Great game ladies, way to play hard all the way to the end." -- Coach Klein and Coach Lyon #GoVikings #VikingPride #soccer

BOYS VARSITY SOCCER DEFEATS OXFORD ON SENIOR NIGHT > "It was Senior Night in the Valley last night. Those seniors played a big role in the 5 to 1 victory over Oxford. Leading the way was Cole Warren with 2 goals and 1 assist, Braeden Davis with 1 goal and 1 assist, Owen Davis and Ryatt Bilodeau with 1 goal each, and Austin Brown with an assist. Jacob Bunting, Kevin Purtell ,and Levi Learned did a great job of keeping the Oxford Blackhawks to a single goal in the evening. The boys travel to Lafayette/Onondaga tonight. Wish them luck!" -- Coach Preston #GoVikings #VikingStrong #VikingPride #soccer

GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER DEFEATS S-E IN A SHUT-OUT > "The Lady Vikings had a great win on Friday against Sherburne- Earlville 5-0. Rachel Loomis scored two goals, while Susannah Lyon, Skyler Graham, and Makayla Mills also contributed a goal. Kimmy Miron- Blanco and Kali Waltz had some great assists. Esperanza Ponce and Abby White played a determined game. Defense held the line strong and goalkeeper Carlie Golden denied balls from hitting the net! We play away at Madison today at 4:30." -- Coach Klein and Coach Lyon Congratulations, Lady Vikings, and go get 'em today! #GoVikings #VikingPride #soccer

BOYS MODIFIED SOCCER TEAM DEFEATS CINCY IN A SHUT OUT > "Thursday night the Boys Modified Soccer team played at Cincy and came home with a 6-0 victory! Tristyn Lynch scored the first goal 17 minutes into the game. Jayden Whelen-Verry added the 4 goals with an assist from Tristyn Lynch. Carter Cruikshank added the last goal of a PK. The Vikings defense was led by Logan Foster and Wyatt Fuller, while Alex Doroshenko and Tristyn Lynch combined for the shut out in the goal. Great game boys! Keep up the good work!" -- Coach Graham #GoVikings #VikingPride

BON VOYAGE! Vikings are on the road for the Science Club's whale watch trip.. We look forward to sea-ing more!

RACHEL LOOMIS STATS RISE AGAIN > Congratulations to Rachel Loomis who was recognized by the Syracuse Post-Standard for being among the week's best single-game performances! [Subscribers to Syracuse.com can access linked stats. Many thanks to subscriber Mrs. Burpee for sharing.]

BOE MEETING REMINDERS FOR THURS, 10/5 > 6 pm: Transportation/Facilities Committee meeting, in the library 7 pm: Reports and Presentations meeting, in the mirrored cafeteria [Canceled: Finance/Audit Committee Special Meeting]

#ThrowbackThursday to the Soccer team in the 1960 Centralian

BOYS VARSITY SOCCER IN 5TH OVERTIME GAME > "The boys from OV played in their 5th overtime game last night. Even though we did not come out on the winning side, the boys played tough against a physical Morris team! Izzy Ponce scored the lone goal. Caleb Loomis made some great one-on-one saves to keep us in the game. Practice tonight is 3 to 4:30. Keep working for each other, fellas." -- Coach Preston Next time! #GoVikings #VikingPride

GIRLS MODIFIED SOCCER LOSS > "The girls modified soccer team lost a very physical game to Brookfield last night. Aubrey Rooker and Addison Palmer scored goals for the Vikings and Izzy Neal and Danica Davis combined to make several very good saves in goal. There will be no practice tonight. Rest up, recover, and enjoy the long weekend girls." -- Coach Pruch Next time, ladies! #GoVikings #VikingPride

UPDATED BOE MEETING CALENDAR > Please note the following changes: The Finance/Audit Committee Special Meeting originally scheduled for Thurs., 10/5 has been canceled, and the Reports and Presentations BOE meeting on Thurs., 10/5 has been moved to 7 pm.

NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS THIS FRIDAY AND MONDAY > There is no school for students on Friday, Oct. 6 for a Staff Development Day, and on Monday, Oct. 9 for Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day. Enjoy your 4-day weekend, Vikings!