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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.

The bill provides that a minimum of 100 plates be pre-sold before the State Tax Commission begins issuing tags.  An application form may be downloaded below.  Return the completed forms to Principal Kyle Brigance at the Olive Branch High School - 9366 East Sandidge Road.  You can contact the school at 662-893-3344 for any questions or additional information.

Thanks Senator Flowers!

Former Conquistador Lineman standout Bill Benjamin Chew, 50, died Saturday, May 9, 2009 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Collierville, TN.  Funeral services were held Friday, May 15th at St. Matthews M. B. Church in Byhalia.  He was a 1978 Olive Branch High School graduate.

Chew was a two-time All-Conference Offensive Lineman for Olive Branch and played varsity football for the Quistors under former Head Coaches Jesse Weeks and Leslie Pool from 1975 to 1977, where he helped OBHS to capture the Runner-up spots in the old Chickasaw Conference during the 1976 and 1977 seasons.  He was  selected for First Team All-Chickasaw Conference honors in both his junior and senior seasons (1976 & 1977) as an offensive tackle.

For several years after graduating from OBHS, he could be found on the sidelines with Quistor teams on Friday nights helping to provide spirit and motivation for the younger players.

Please remember the Chew family in your thoughts and prayers.

OBHS Quarterback Clint Wilson and Offensive Lineman Demarcus Harris were selected during the second week of February as part of the North roster for the Bernard Blackwell All-Star Football Game.  The annual classic features senior graduating players (Class of 2009) from North and South Mississippi in an all-star game.  (Players who participated in December's Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Classic aren't eligible for this game).

Mississippi's 60th Annual Bernard Blackwell All-Star Game will be played on Thursday, July 16th at Mississippi College's Robinson-Hale Stadium in Clinton, Mississippi.  Kick-off is set for 7 PM.

(Click here for the North / South rosters for the 2009 Bernard Blackwell Game)

The Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Executive Committee voted 14 to 0 to move to the 6A classification (beginning in the 2009 - 2010 school year)  system with 32 schools each in the top two classes and the rest of the schools evenly divided among the other classes.

The Conquistador football team will play in Region 1-6A starting in the next football season.  Other teams in this region are the same ones that comprised of the former Region 1-5A schools and include: Columbus, DeSoto Central, Horn Lake, Olive Branch, Southaven, South Panola, Starkville and Tupelo.

A recent article on Jackson's Fox40 website that includes the new classifications for football for 2009 and 2010 seasons is here: www.fox40now.com/sports/35660269.html

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.

The book was released on August 15th and are now available locally at two Olive Branch locations.  Copies of Y'all vs Us may be purchased for $34.95 each from:

1)  Olive Branch High School - 9366 East Sandidge Road - through OBHS Principal Kyle Brigance (Phone 662-893-3344).

2)  Jackibel's - 9094 Goodman Road west of the Old Towne Square off Pigeon Roost Road (next to the Sonic Drive-in) in Olive Branch (Phone 662-890-4686).

The authors of the highly successful book Gridiron Gold released in 2007, X.M. Frascogna Jr. and his two sons, Mike III and Marty, recently announced they have begun interviews for their new book, Y’all vs Us – "Thrilling Tales of Mississippi’s Hottest High School Football Rivalries".

Continuing to tap into Mississippi’s rich high school football culture, the Frascognas’ next book will explore the dynamics driving fifteen of Mississippi’s hottest football rivalries.  By relating the many untold stories behind these annual gridiron contests, the authors will explore how and why these games have become so important to their respective communities.

Told from the various perspectives of current and former players, coaches, cheerleaders and school administrators, together with insights from mayors, sports journalists and fans connected to each of the teams, Y’all vs Us will provide readers with a colorful backdrop on fifteen of today’s big games in the Magnolia State.

 Y’all vs Us is sure to capture the reader’s attention and imagination with insights about the people, the pageantry and the pride of towns and communities engaged in the fiercely competitive gridiron wars waged on Mississippi’s high school football fields.

The Olive Branch – South Panola series has been selected as one of the rivalries to appear in the book which is expected to be released this August.  For the first 60 days it will be available exclusively through the booster clubs of the schools featured in the book.  Thereafter, it will be available at bookstores and gift shops in your area. You will also be able to purchase copies through the book's official website: www.yallvsus.com/

A recent article on the book appeared in the DeSoto Times newspaper and can be found here: www.desototimes.com/articles/2008/06/05/sports/doc48452e8fe51d9552738673.txt

The Olive Branch High School Conquistador Football Website has won a webpage award.   eteamz recently selected the obhsfootball.com website as the Spotlight Site Winner for the month of January, 2008.

Since 1998, eteamz has been connecting coaches, players, families, friends and fans of teams in over 120 countries.  Their resources and customer focus have enabled them to become the Team Sports Website Leader.  eteamz is home to over 2.5 million teams worldwide.

Here at obhsfootball.com, we are very honored to have been chosen for this award and we would like to thank eteamz for its consideration and selection.  Go Conquistadors !

Please show your OB Pride by clicking on the "Guestbook" label at the top left side of the homepage and signing our guestbook to let us know that you were here. Thanks.

Olive Branch High School Conquistadors
"eteamz Spotlight Site Winner"
January 2008

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