Oswego East High School, or OEHS, is a public four-year

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located in

Oswego, Illinois Oswego is a village in Kendall and Will Counties, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 34,485. Oswego is the largest municipality in Kendall County. It is a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. History In 1833, William Sm ...

, a southwest suburb of

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, in the

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. It is part of

Oswego Community Unit School District 308 Community Unit School District 308 is a public school district located in Oswego, Kendall County, Illinois. The Superintendent of Schools is John Sparlin. The district headquarters is in Oswego, Illinois Oswego is a village in Kendall and Wi ...

, which also includes Oswego High School. The high school was established in 2004 due to the growing population in

. From 2012 to 2013, Oswego East underwent expansions and renovations to prepare for an additional growth in student population. The additions were completed in August 2013, increasing the previous capacity of 2,400 students to 3,200 students.

Athletics

Oswego East High School is a part of the Southwest Prairie Conference and the

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. OEHS has a rivalry with Oswego High School. The matchup between the two schools is known as the "Crosstown Classic".

Notable Athletes

*Robert “Tre” Jones III - Navy QB *Oshobi Odior- Western Illinois RB *Jared Badie- Illinois LB *Keion Battle- Illinois WR *Ivory Kelly Martin- Iowa RB *Noah Schultz- first round pick in the 2022 MLB Draft *Ashton Izzi- fourth round pick in the 2022 MLB Draft

Boys' teams

The school has boys' teams for a range of sports, including

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

Bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), thou ...

, Football, Cross Country,

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

, Soccer,

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

, Track,

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

, and

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

Girls' teams

There is also a range of girls' sports teams including

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Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

, Cross Country,

Gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, s ...

, Soccer,

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

, Track, and

Extracurricular activities

Extracurricular activities include Academic Decathlon, Auto Club, Drama/Theater, Interact Club, Mathletes, Pom Squad, Robotics team, Scholastic Bowl, Chess Team, Speech Team, Wolfpack News, and Wolfpack Sports Fanclub.

References

External links

Official website
{{authority control Public high schools in Illinois Educational institutions established in 2004 Schools in Kendall County, Illinois Oswego, Illinois 2004 establishments in Illinois