The next football booster club meeting will be held at the Olive Branch High School cafeteria on Tuesday, March 6th beginning at 6 PM.

We will be discussing "Quistor Day" for this upcoming May, possible fund raiser and the election of officers for 2012.
 
Thanks to everyone for their help and support in 2011!!!

All booster club members and player's parents are encouraged to attend.

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On Wednesday morning, February 1st, ceremonies for "National College Signing Day" were held at Olive Branch High School, attended by the local news and sports media, family, supporters, fans, alumni, school administrators and coaches.  Eighteen (18) Conquistador players signed their name on the dotted line to play football at the next level.  This is the most ever in a single year in the history of OBHS football.  Quistors participating in the event (in alphabetical order) along with the college they chose:

BYRON AKINS - Northwest Mississippi Community College  (Senatobia, MS)

RYAN CORDICE - Northwest Mississippi Community College  (Senatobia, MS)

D'ARTHUR COWAN - University of Arkansas  (Fayetteville, AR)

COURTNEY DRAIN - Northwest Mississippi Community College  (Senatobia, MS)

MARQUIS ECHOLS - Northwest Mississippi Community College  (Senatobia, MS)

JIMMY GIPSON - East Mississippi Community College  (Scooba, MS)

JOHN JOHNSON - Mississippi Valley State University  (Itta Bena, MS)

NICK JOHNSON - NECC  (Booneville, MS) / Mississippi Valley State University  (Itta Bena, MS)

TODD MAYS - Arkansas State University  (Jonesboro, AR)

WYNTON McMANIS - University of Memphis  (Memphis, TN)

JAYLEN MILLER - Holmes Community College  (Goodman, MS)

DEVIN MONDIE - Arkansas State University  (Jonesboro, AR)

LEONARD PEGUES - University of Memphis  (Memphis, TN)

DARIUS "BAM" PHILLIPS - Northwest Mississippi Community College  (Senatobia, MS)

TRE PRICE - Mississippi Valley State University  (Itta Bena, MS)

JAMARCUS WILLIAMSON - Holmes Community College  (Goodman, MS)

KYLE WISEMAN - Mississippi Valley State University  (Itta Bena, MS)

Congratulations gentlemen, obhsfootball.com wishes you well in your college careers and future endeavors!

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Throughout the 2011 season.....Records were Broken.....Titles were Won.....Champions were Made

Parents, fans, supporters and alumni of Olive Branch High School celebrated with the Conquistador players and coaching staff in honoring the football team with its first state football championship at the OBHS Banquet on Monday night, December 19th at the high school.

Dinner was served by Wray's Fins & Feathers Restaurant with guest speakers including Mayor Sam Rikard, Principal Kyle Brigance and Head Football Coach Scott Samsel. 

Awards were presented for players selected to the Mississippi Association of Coaches Class 6A All-State team and All-Region 1-6A selections.  A highlight film of the 2011 Championship Season was also shown to those in attendance.

Team honors presented at the banquet included:

B. J. "Red" CHAIN, Sr. ACADEMIC AWARD - John Pittman

LESLIE POOL QUISTOR AWARD - Wynton McManis

2011 PERMANENT TEAM CAPTAINS - Todd Mays & Leonard Pegues

OBHSFOOTBALL.COM says hats off on a job well done 2011 Conquistadors and coaching staff and thanks for a memorable season!!!

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The Olive Branch Conquistadors captured the 2011 Mississippi High School Activities Association's Class 6A State Championship in football on Friday, December 2nd at Jackson, Mississippi's Veterans Memorial Stadium.  Olive Branch defeated the Petal Panthers in a thrilling come-from-behind victory (35-34).

(Click Here for the Clarion-Ledger Sport's Article on the Game)

(Click Here for the Commercial Appeal Sport's on the Game)

(Click Here for the DeSoto Times-Tribune Sport's Article on the Game)

(Click Here for the DeSoto Post Sport's Article on the Game)

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The 2011 MHSAA Football State Championships press conference was held on Monday, November 28th.  You can view the entire press conference for Classes 1A through 6A by clicking here: misshsaa.tv/events/25582

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Three Olive Branch football players were recently selected for the 2011 Mississippi team in the 25th Annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Football Classic to be played Saturday, December 10th at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama beginning at 1 PM.

Todd Mays, D'Arthur Cowan and Leonard Pegues were three of the players named to the 40-man roster chosen by the Mississippi All-Star coaching staff and selected media members on Wednesday, October 19th.  Including this year's selections, there have been a total of seventeen Conquistador seniors picked during the past eight years for this prominent Classic.

In addition to this year's selection, OBHS players chosen for the previous seven Classics were: Jalen Collins, Shon Coleman, Damien Robinson, Rod Woodson, Keshun Cowan, Aubrey Phillips, Sylvester Hemphill, Marlon Walls, K. J. Wright, Anthony Summers, Markeith Summers, Allen Walker, Victor Thomas and Ryan Hoormann.

(Click here to view the Clarion-Ledger newspaper article)

  (Click here to view the official 2011 AL-MS All-Star Classic website with rosters)

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Olive Branch's wide receiver Jaylen Miller and offensive lineman Devin Mondie were both chosen as a part of the 40-man North roster for the 63rd Annual Bernard Blackwell Football Classic.  This all-star game features standout high school seniors in football from North and South Mississippi in the annual all-star classic.

The game will be played on Saturday, December 17th at the Biloxi High School football stadium with kickoff slated for 12 noon.  Last year the North defeated the South, 19-14.

(Click here for the North and South rosters)

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Former Olive Branch Conquistador and Mississippi State Bulldog football standout K. J. Wright has been drafted by the NFL's Seattle Seahawks.  K. J. was selected in the fourth round as the 99th overall pick in the National Football Association's 2011 Draft on Saturday, April 30th.  Wright was called on his cell phone and informed by NFL officials just minutes before walking on the stage to pick up his Criminology degree in graduation ceremonies at MSU.  Last season, Wright served as a team captain for the MSU Bulldogs and recorded the second highest number of tackles on the team.

Wright becomes Olive Branch's third football player to be drafted by the NFL and the first in 25 years since Jeff Walker was chosen by the San Diego Chargers in the 1986 Draft.

K. J. was a 2007 Olive Branch High School graduate that played on the football and basketball teams for the Quistors.  On the OBHS football squad, he was chosen by his teammates as a Permanent Team Co-Captain and was selected by the coaching staff for the "Leslie Pool Quistor Award".

As a football player in his junior year, he was selected by The Commercial Appeal on the second team All-DeSoto County squad.  As a senior, Wright received numerous awards and honors.  He was picked by the Mississippi Association of Coaches to their All-State First Team Defense, played in the 20th annual Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Classic, selected as the MHSAA Region 1-5A Defensive Player of the Year and picked by The Commercial Appeal as the #5 Most Wanted Shelby-Metro football recruit and made their Shelby-Metro All-Suburban squad.

Congratulations K. J. from obhsfootball.com, we wish you well in your professional football career!

(Click here for a SeattlePI article on K. J.)

(Click here for another SeattlePI article on K. J.)

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2010 Olive Branch High School graduate and former Quistor star Offensive Lineman Shon Coleman now has a St. Jude Tribute Fund set up in his honor.  Coleman was diagnosed in March, 2010 with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and has been undergoing treatment at St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis.

Shon is in remission and going through chemo treatments at the hospital to make sure that his cancer remains out of his system.  This past February, he signed with Auburn University to play football for the Tigers and will be enrolling there in the spring of 2011 with hopes of participating in spring practice.

While at OBHS, the 6-foot-7, 285-pound Coleman was selected as a First Team All-State Offensive Lineman by the Mississippi Association of Coaches, All-State OL by the Clarion-Ledger newspaper, along with being named by the newspaper's Most Wanted College Recruit from Mississippi and picked to play in the 23rd Annual Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game as well as in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.  Shon was also honored to the Commercial Appeal newspaper's Shelby-Metro All-Suburban team and chosen to the First Team as an OL for the MHSAA All-Region 1 - Class 6A squad.  Upon completion of last year's Conquistador football season, he was selected by his fellow players as one of two OBHS Permanent Team Co-Captains for the 2009 season.

This fund has been created as a means for the Auburn Family and others to wrap it's arms around Shon and his family as they endure this battle.  The team goal is $30,000 of which over $20,000 has already been raised thus far.

(Click here to visit Shon's St. Jude Tribute Fund website)

The Olive Branch Football Booster Club has retained the services of Conquistador Photographer Mark Anderson again this season.  Mr. Anderson works the sidelines during OBHS games photographing Quistor players and taking action shots of the plays as they happen.

You can view and order his pictures from his website by clicking on the rotating camera to the left or at www.marksthespot.shutterfly.com   Use the following password once you scroll to the site by typing in: obhs

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 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 !