Middle School Winter Sports Beat * Monday, Feb 10th *
5/6 Girls AWAY vs. Shrewsbury 430pm game
bus leave 330 from BVS, 345 from OVS *
7/8 Boys Practice 530-700pm at BVS
World chess champion Garry Kasparov loses game to computer * On February 10, 1996, after three hours, world chess champion Garry Kasparov loses the first game of a six-game match against Deep Blue, an IBM computer capable of evaluating 200 million moves per second. Man was ultimately victorious over machine, however, as Kasparov bested Deep Blue in the match with three wins and two ties and took home the $400,000 prize. An estimated 6 million people worldwide followed the action on the Internet.
All activities including the Prospective Student Night have been cancelled. The Prospective Student Night has been rescheduled for Thursday, February 27th.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * Wednesday, Feb 5th * 5/6 Girls AWAY vs. Middletown Springs 430pm
Bus leave OVS @ 345pm
OVS Quote of the Day
February 05, 1883 * Southern Pacific Railroad completes New Orleans to California route * The Southern Pacific Railroad completes its transcontinental “Sunset Route” from New Orleans to California, consolidating its dominance over rail traffic to the Pacific.
8th-Grade Bottle Drive
Middle School Winter Sports Beat *Tuesday, Feb 4th * No practice or games today
OVS Quote of the Day
February 04, 2004 * Facebook launches * On February 4, 2004, a Harvard sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg launches The Facebook, a social media website he had built in order to connect Harvard students with one another. By the next day, over a thousand people had registered, and that was only the beginning. Now known simply as Facebook, the site quickly ballooned into one of the most significant social media companies in history. Today, Facebook is one of the most valuable companies in the world, with over 2 billion monthly active users.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * Monday, Feb 3rd * 5/6 Girls HOME vs. Mettawee 430pm game start * Athletes please meet your coach at BVS at 4pm for pregame warm up
OVS Quote of the Day
February 03, 2002 *
New England Patriots win first Super Bowl * On February 3, 2002, the New England Patriots shock football fans everywhere by defeating the heavily favored St. Louis Rams, 20-17, to take home their first Super Bowl victory. Pats’ kicker Adam Vinatieri made a 48-yard field goal to win the game just as the clock expired.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * Friday, January 31st * Practice at BVS * 5/6 Girls 400-530 pm * 7/8 Boys 530 - 700pm * All athletes should be at BVS 10 minutes prior to practice starting, coach will meet you there. Thank you.
OVS Quote of the Day
January 31, 1971 *
Apollo 14 departs for the moon * Apollo 14, piloted by astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell, and Stuart A. Roosa, is successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a manned mission to the moon. On February 5, after suffering some initial problems in docking the lunar and command modules, Shepard and Mitchell descended to the lunar surface on the third U.S. moon landing. Upon stepping out of the lunar module, Shepard, who in 1961, aboard Freedom 7, was the first American in space, became the fifth astronaut to walk on the moon.
OVS Winter Sports Beat * Thursday, January 30th * 5/6 Girls AWAY vs. FHGS 430pm game * 7/8 Boys AWAY vs. FHGS 530pm game * bus leave BVS 330, OVS 345pm
OVS Quote of the Day
January 30, 1994 *
Dan Jansen skates world-record 500 meters * On January 30, 1994, the American speed skater Dan Jansen sets a new world record of 35.76 at the World Sprint Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. *
Born in 1965 in Wisconsin, Jansen had been the youngest skater to compete at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, where he came in fourth place in the 500 meter event. Favored to win in Calgary in 1988, Jansen was devastated by the death of his sister Jane from leukemia on the day he was scheduled to race in the 500 meter final. He raced that night in hopes of winning in her honor, but fell 100 meters into the race. Four days later, he fell again during the 1000 meter event, and left Calgary without a medal. In Albertville, France, in 1992, Jansen came up short again, finishing fourth in the 500 meters and 26th in the 1000.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * Tuesday, Jan 21 * NO practice or games today.
