TRADITION - CLASS - PRIDE 

"DeSoto County's First Organized High School Football Program" 

Established in 1926

 

www.obhsfootball.com 

Welcome to the Olive Branch High School Conquistador Football Homepage, dedicated to keeping you informed about your "Quistor" Football Team. This website is sponsored by the Olive Branch High School Football Booster Club.  Please check back on this website often for updates because it's like the Arkansas Interstate Highway System (it's always under construction). 

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OBHS Letterman's Club Skeet Shoot

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Olive Branch High School Band performs the "Fight Song"

The next football booster club meeting will be held at the Olive Branch High School cafeteria on Monday, August 9th beginning at 6 PM.   We will be discussing plans and making arrangements for the upcoming 2010 season's events and activities.

A special invitation for parents of student-football player(s) that will be entering the 10th grade in the fall of 2010 are asked to attend this meeting.  All interested parents and booster club members are encouraged to attend. 

The Olive Branch Football Letterman's Club will be sponsoring a Skeet Shoot on Saturday, August 21st at Willow's Sporting Clays Skeet Range behind Harrah's Casino in Robinsonville (Tunica), MS.

Registration at Willow's will be from 8:00 AM until 8:45 AM with the shooting beginning at 9:00 AM.  Shoot round of 50 targets - ammo not included (2 boxes).  Note: no shot size larger than 7 1/2.

Cost: $400 per team or $100 per person (singles welcomed) ..... $50 station sponsor.  Drinks, lunch and prizes to be awarded.

For additional information contact:  Phil Lachaussee (662-895-5600) or (901-485-1567) or Bryant Cashion (662-893-1200) or (901-268-4515)

The Olive Branch Football Booster Club is making preparations for chartering a bus to Daytona Beach, FL for the Conquistador's August 28th game between OBHS and Cocoa (FL) High School.

The bus will depart Olive Branch High School on Thursday night, August 26th at 10:30 PM and arrive in Florida the following day.  Accommodations have been arranged at the Super 8 Hotel at 1634 North US 1 in Ormond Beach for Friday night.  The bus will begin returning to Olive Branch after Saturday night's game.

Costs:  Bus - $100 per person (due by Monday, August 9th) & Hotel - $34.70 per room (due at check-in)

To make reservations or for additional information, contact: Kim McManis (901-503-4487) or Wenda McManis (901-277-3449).

The Varsity Conquistadors will be taking team and player pictures at "Leslie Pool Field" on Friday, August 6th beginning at 2 PM.

All local sports media are invited to attend.

Olive Branch finished fourth place out of 32 teams in the National Select 7-on-7 Passing League Tournament held July 22nd through the 24th in Hoover, AL.  Thirteen states were represented in the tourney consisting of teams from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee.

The Conquistadors defeated the host school, Hoover (AL) High, twice in the double elimination tournament by scores of 26-22 and 21-10, the Buccaneers only losses in the three day event.  Kenton (OH) High edged out the Quistors (25-24) in the semi-finals.  Congratulations go out to the players and coaching staff from obhsfootball.com on a successful effort in the tournament.

(Click here for the National Select 7-on-7 official website)

(Click here for the tournament's playing brackets and results)

City Alderman and former OBHS Football Hoover Award Honoree Maurice Wallace died at his home on Wednesday, July 21st, following a long battle with cancer.  He was serving in his second term as Olive Branch Alderman representing the downtown section of the City in Ward 4.  Visitation was held at Brantley Funeral Home in Olive Branch (6875 Hwy. 305) on Friday, July 23rd from 5 PM to 8 PM and the service at the funeral home on Saturday, July 24th at 2 PM with burial in Blocker Cemetery. 

Wallace was a 1957 Olive Branch High School graduate and played for the OBHS varsity football team under Head Coach Hansel Thornton all four years in high school.  Following his senior season (1956-57), he was selected by the coaching staff and was the recipient of the team's "Hoover Award".  This award was established in 1955 by Dr. B. B. Hoover and was an annual award presented to an OBHS football player who was judged as the most outstanding member of the football squad in work, loyalty and cooperation.

Maurice retired after 20 years with Firestone and worked as a photographer for over 35 years.  He was a 3rd Degree Master Mason and member of the Maples Memorial United Methodist Church in Olive Branch.

Mr. Wallace was preceded in death by his parents, James B. and Rosie Wallace, two brothers, Max Wallace and Hassel Wallace. He leaves his wife of 45 years, Annie Laurie Wallace; two sons, David Wallace (Lori) and Greg Wallace (Shay); three sisters, Melba Philen (James), Helen Patrick (Joe), and Peggy Williams (Bill); five brothers, Wayne Wallace (Fran), Billy Wallace (Carol), Johnny Wallace (Eleanor), Larry Wallace (Karen) and Tommy Wallace; four grandchildren, Tyler, Trevor, Haylie, Rebekah, and numerous nieces, nephews and wonderful friends.

Please remember the Wallace family in your thoughts and prayers.

The Olive Branch Conquistadors participated in their second 7-on-7 Passing Tournament this summer, on July 9th and 10th, and came away with another Championship.  OBHS won the 2010 Southwest Elite 7-on-7 Showcase Tourney held at Springdale, AR with teams from four different states being represented.  (Click on the Southwest Elite logo on the left for the tournament's official website).

QB Todd Mays threw a 40 yard scoring strike to Courtney Gladney with less than 10 seconds remaining in the contest to post a 28-23 victory over Heritage Hall High School from Oklahoma City, OK in the finale.  Olive Branch defeated host school Shiloh Christian (26-20) in the semi-finals to advance to the Championship game.

(Click here for article on the Championship game from Northwest Arkansas Online)

(Click here for photo from Arkansas Online)

(Click here for video highlight from 4029tv.com)

On Friday, June 11th, the Olive Branch Conquistadors captured the North Gwinnett National Select 7-on-7 Qualifier Tournament with a 25-17 win over the host school - North Gwinnett, Georgia High School.  Sixteen teams from Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Mississippi participated in the event on June 10th and 11th.

The Quistors avenged a 35-18 loss to the Bulldogs in the Northeast Alabama 7-on-7 Tourney Championship game held in Huntsville, AL back in 2008.

Congratulations Conquistadors on a job well done!

(Click here for an article from the Gwinnett Daily Post regarding the Tournament)

UPDATE:  The pre-sold OBHS specialty tags are now available for pickup at the County Tax Collector's office in Olive Branch behind the B. J. Chain Public Library off Highway 305.  Other Conquistador fans, supporters, alumni and lettermen that did not pre-order your OBHS tags can still purchase them at this location as well.

On March 31, 2009 the Mississippi Legislature passed an amendment presented by State Senator Merle Flowers into a conference report that will create a distinctive motor vehicle license plate for Olive Branch High School.  The tag will cost an additional thirty-one dollars, with approximately twenty-four dollars from each license plate sold going directly to the Olive Branch Football Booster Club.  

Thanks Senator Flowers and OBHS Supporters for Your Help in this Project!

Olive Branch High School would appreciate your donation to help with the renovation to Leslie Pool Field.  All Olive Branch High School students, alumni, Boosters, former Lettermen, parents, friends and neighbors are invited and encouraged to participate in this once in a lifetime opportunity.

The Spirit Brick program will establish a "Bricked Courtyard" at the main gate into Pool Field.  Your customized Spirit Brick will be placed in the Pool Field Courtyard to become a permanent piece of OBHS legacy.  We want you to have an opportunity to commemorate a special event in someone's life, honor a friend or family member or memoralize someone special to show your Conquistador spirit.

With OBHS Spirit Bricks, you can be one of the first to forever immoralize your school spirit and show your support for Olive Branch High School and the Pool Field renovation project.  Donate a piece of history with your personalized brick and for Conquistadors past, present and future.

Click on the banner above for additional information.

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