Coaches
Welcome to the coach section! Good coaching is a key to successful archers and programs. They are able to provide the support and guidance needed that can carry their … [Read More...]
Archers
Hey archers! Welcome to the OAS Program. Through OAS we want to give you the opportunity to participate and excel in the sport of Olympic Archery. Archery is a really … [Read More...]
Archery League
OAS has developed a unique format for our archery league that gets both archers and spectators excited about the sport. Students will be able to join their school's archery … [Read More...]
OAS News
Congratulations to all of our Graduating Archery Seniors!
As the school year comes to a close, we would like to express a big CONGRATULATIONS to our graduating archery seniors. Thank you for being a part of this archery movement and for leaving a legacy for generations of archers to follow. We are so glad that you have developed a love for this sport [...]
2013 California State Championships RESULTS and Pictures
Archery has a great community. Whether you practice at a local range or with a club, you will soon find that fellow archers are friendly and quick to help. Even at national competitions where team spots may be on the line and competition is fierce, it often feels like a big family reunion as archers [...]
Los Angeles and San Diego Go Neck and Neck in the All-School Competition
Forty archers faced each other, sizing up their competition. On one side were the archers of the legendary Fontana middle schools, Almeria, Sequoia, and Alder, the first teams of the OAS program along with their high school teammates from the powerhouses of Glendale and North Hollywood High. Their opponents for this showdown were the upstart [...]
2013 San Diego Conference Championships RESULTS and Pictures
Forty seven archers gathered at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, for our very first San Diego Conference Championships. This was our first year having the San Diego area as its own Conference, separate from Los Angeles. While we had veteran team John Muir HS, 2012 State Champions in the team round and [...]
2013 Los Angeles Conference Championships RESULTS and Pictures
This past weekend, we held our 3rd Los Angeles OAS Conference Championships at Woodley Park in Van Nuys. The event was hosted by the USC Archery Club headed up by Jessica Chen, President of the Club. Jessica and her team did a terrific job organizing the event and we can’t thank them enough for all their [...]
Los Angeles vs. San Diego All-School Team Showdown!
On May 25th at the 2013 California OAS State Championships, we are going to have a showdown between our Los Angeles and San Diego Conferences! The best archers from each Conference will face each other in head-to-head Olympic Round and Team Round matches. We’ll see which Conference ends up on top and walks away with [...]
A Culture of Heroes – Spotlight on John Muir Magnet School
Interview with Coach Vincent Stevens from the John Muir Magnet School A Culture of Heroes Every school has its own, unique identity that is shaped by the many parts that compose it, from the look of the classrooms to the personalities of the teachers and the students they teach. For a school in central San [...]
Archery listed among Olympic core sports
Great news for archery! The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has listed archery as one of the 25 core sports for the 2020 Olympic Games. Even though archery is one of man’s oldest sports, it is not guaranteed to be a part of the Olympic Games. In fact a sport’s inclusion in the games relies heavily [...]
New Scoreboards for League Games
We are excited to announce that we will soon be sending out the 8 scoreboards to each of our schools competing in the OAS archery league. While simple in design, these scoreboards add another level of excitement to archery competitions. ”It’s an easy way to engage both archers and spectators in the matches,” says OAS [...]
2013 Spring Mail-in Starts Today!
Our Spring Mail-in Tournament starts today! Last semester we had 167 archers compete in the tournament and we are eager to see the turnout for our very first spring Mail-in. In previous years we have had schools that do not start their archery programs until the spring, so this will give them an opportunity to [...]
