Aside from a June 1 date at Busch Stadium for Steven Kemp’s Owensville Dutchmen baseball team, Owensville High School (OHS) for the 2023-24 school year came to an end over the weekend following the 2024 Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Track and Field Championships held at the Dennis and Roberta Licklider Track Complex inside Jefferson City High School’s Adkins Stadium.

Last fall saw four seniors run cross country for the final time.

They included Grace Abell, Ethan Harris, Andrew Blankenship and Felix Guerrero.

Dustin Howard’s Owensville Dutchmen football team had 15 seniors help the orange and black finish 5-6 before falling to Borgia in the district semifinals.

Those seniors included Jordan Bialczyk, Blake Elliott, Landon Ely, Isaiah Gates, Dale Groppe, Dalton Lackey, Jacoby Limberg, Kaden Loeb, Austin Mades, Braydan McDaniel, Tanner Meyer, Cody Perkins, Hayden Shoemaker, AJ Silvers and Colton Skiles.

Hannah Koppelmann’s Owensville Dutchgirl softball team finished 9-16 led by the senior quintet of Kate Blankenship, Emma Daniels, Anya Binkhoelter, Izzy Pratt and Abell.

Jamie Ridenhour’s Owensville Dutchgirl volleyball team registered a 10-19-2 record during the fall of 2023.

Seniors on that squad included McKenzy Echols, Makensy Pigg, Ayla Schmanke, McKenna Edwards and Allysan Gooch.

Raquel Bunton’s OHS football cheerleaders kept fans in the game from the sidelines led by seniors Ahna Rasmussen, Taylor Thompson, Macee Ritter, Payton Harness, Katelyn Holtzer and Pratt.

Cullen VanLeer’s Owensville Dutchmen basketball team reached double digits in the win column finishing 10-16 on the season behind the senior quartet of Charles Hazelwood, Layne Evans, Meyer and Ely.

John VanLeer’s Owensville Dutchgirl basketball team gave us a season to remember reaching the MSHSAA Class 4 Show-Me Showdown at Columbia’s Mizzou Arena behind the senior trio of Audrey Quilacio, Daniels and Binkhoelter.

OHS wrestlers donning singlets during their final season included Landon Brown, Kaleb Wells, Braydan McDaniel, Shoemaker, Harris and Echols.

Dutchmen baseball seniors that will finish their OHS careers at Busch Stadium on Saturday, June 1 include Laine Baumbach, Colton Skiles, Logan Kleekamp, Brown, Ely and Evans.

Completing their OHS track careers recently included seniors Paul Million, Trenton Million, Isaac Marquez, Shoemaker, Harris, Guerrero, Bialczyk and Gates on the boys side.

Emma Daniels, Ashlynn Weigel and Echols were the lone seniors for Dutchgirl track.

Blankenship was the lone senior on the OHS Golf team while Zach Bollmann’s Dutchgirl soccer team was led by the senior quartet of Echols, Binkhoelter, Edwards and Abell.

Best of luck to all of the members of the OHS Class of 2024 and thank you for the many memories over the last four years.