Home of the Apollo-Ridge Vikings!
REMINDER: WHEN SCHOOL IS CLOSED DUE TO WEATHER, ALL ATHLETIC EVENTS AND PRACTICES ARE CANCELLED.
The Athletics Calendar shows all athletic events, including locations and bus departure times. This information is updated often. When viewing the calendar please look at the Direction Section to obtain the location of the game. The Location Section is a pre populated field filled out by the opposing school. When we discover the location of the game we put that address in the Direction Section.
*As a reminder, during Spring Sports there will most likely be several changes made due to weather and field conditions. As a result the schedules that are downloaded on this website may not be updated immediately.
CONGRATULATIONS
To the Varsity Girls Volleyball Team For Making into the first round of playoffs!
The Vikings will take on the Serra Catholic on Wednesday October 22nd @ 6:00PM. The game will be played at Fort Cherry High School. The address for the school is 110 Fort Cherry Road, McDonald, PA 15057
TICKETING PROCEDURE:
- Ticket Sales:
- Student and Adult Tickets will be available online thru GoFan.co at: www.gofan.co/wpial
- General Admission tickets can be sold at the gate for $7 thru the Semi-Finals. No student tickets will be available at the gates (only available online) There is a processing fee that is added to each ticket.
GO VIKINGS!
Varsity Football this week will be Friday October 24, 2025 vs Ligonier Valley @ 7:00 PM
Senior Parent Report Time: Arrive by 5:45 PM
6:00 PM – Line-Up on the Home Side End Zone
Location: Grassy area inside stadium nearest to Glenn Bush Ford.
Seniors and their parents will line up starting at the field goal post (inside the fence)
6:15 PM – Move to Visitor’s Side of the Field
Mr. Virag will direct seniors and parents to the 50-yard line (back-hash mark) for the ceremony lineup.
6:20 PM – Presentation of Seniors Begins
Senior Football Players will be announced first, then dismissed to the locker room after recognition.
Parents of football players will move to the side of the field after their student is recognized.
After all seniors have been recognized, parents will be asked to exit the field so pre-game setup can begin.
6:40 PM – Pre-Game Begins
Go Vikings!
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Grades 7-12 Interested in Wrestling:
Here is how you sign up:
1) Go to the Armstrong School District Website https://www.asd.k12.pa.us/
2) Scroll down the page and on the left click on "Armstrong Jr/Sr High School"
3) At the top of the page (under Activities) click on "Sports Registration and Physicals"
4) You will see "Please follow the link for sports registration" - click on the green link and set up a Final Forms account and register for wrestling
5) The participation fee for Apollo Ridge wrestlers is $200 based on the agreement between our school districts (not due yet - usually collect payment around December 1st)
If you want to contact one of our coaches to let them know of your interest here is their email addresses:
Jr. High - Tyler Faulk [email protected] Varsity - Brandon Newill [email protected]
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Opioid Awareness for Student Athletes
Click the link below to watch a short video:
A collaborative effort between the FBI, DEA and UPMC to help educate student-athletes about the opioid epidemic and potential risks for addiction. Olympic Gold Medalist and WWE Hall of Famer, Kurt Angle, shares his personal battle with opioid addiction and has a special message for those impacted.
To learn more, please visit https://www.upmc.com/
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Physicals & Family ID Information:
8/1/25 is the official start of Fall Sports. All physicals and Family ID must be completed and turned in by 8/1/25 in order to participate!
Fall Sports:
Varsity Football
Football 7th - 8th Grade
Girls Basketball 7th - 8th Grade
Girls Soccer
Cross Country
Varsity Volleyball
Winter Sports:
Girls Varsity Basketball
Boys Varsity Basketball
Spring Sports:
Girls Varsity Softball
Boys Varsity Baseball
Varsity Track & Field
7/8 Grade Girls Volleyball
Schedules can be found on the right side of this page. Please feel free to contact Ms. Lydon in the Athletic Department @ 724-478-6032 with any questions. _____________________________________________________________________________________
WPIAL Financial Trivia Challenge powered by First National Bank.
This is an opportunity for our athletes to test their financial literacy and win up to $600 in scholarship money. Schools with the most participation can win up to $2,000.
See the PDF located in the Forms section for details.
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If your student-athlete has participated in a sport previously, you should have received an email, inviting you to register your son/daughter for the coming year.
If your son/daughter is new to the district, will be starting 7th grade, or has not participated in a sport previously, instructions are attached below, which will walk you through registering through FamilyID.
Please remember:
- ALL athletes must be registered through FamilyID to participate in the AR sports program.
- Student-athletes are registered ONLY ONCE. You will simply go in and update info from season to season or year to year.
- If your son/daughter is participating in a FALL sport, registration must be completed by August 1st, and physicals submitted by August 1st.
PHYSICAL FORMS:
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Boys Soccer Co-op with Leechburg
Leechburg High School has formed a boys soccer program. Apollo-Ridge will be co-oping with Leechburg, allowing our high school boys to be a part of the Leechburg team.
The team has created a Facebook page: Leechburg Boys Soccer. Interested parents may join.
Link to Leechburg Soccer Website:
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2023-2024 Apollo-Ridge Student Athletic Accolades:
- Sophia Yard shattered the A-R Girls High Jump record with a jump of 5'5
- Breydon Orvosh- WPIAL Cross Country
- Sienna Jackson-WPIAL Cross Country
- Marly Koleno– TribHSSN Volleyball Player of the Week
- Kyler Toland– TribHSSN Volleyball Player of the Week
- Sophia Yard - A-K Valley Athlete of the Week
- Sophia Yard - Christmas Tournament MVP
- Karter Schrock - Christmas Tournament MVP
- 2023 Valley News Dispatch High School Football All-Stars: Ryan Lydon; Karter Schrock; Spencer Sells
- All Conference Football: Ryan Lydon; Karter Schrock; Spencer Sells
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2023-2024 A-R New Athletics Records!
- Karter Schrock - 18th Quarter Back in WPIAL History to rush for over 1,000 yards and pass for over 1,000 yards in a single season
- Sophia Yard -Girls High Jump record 5'5
2022-2023 A-R New Athletics Records!
¨ Girls' 4x100 relay team of Jessica Ross, Alexa Adams-McKendree, Sydney McCray and Sophie Yard: Their new school record time is 51.8 seconds - shaving one tenth of a second off the old record which was set in 2002
¨ Jessica Ross set a new girls pole vault record 10’1”
¨ Jake Mull set new school record in the 200 meters. His time was 22.08
¨ Jake Mull single season receiving yards in football
¨ Jake Mull set a new record in basketball for single season steals and is now the record holder for A-R (87)
¨ Kyra Myers– First Female athlete to run cross-country in A-R history
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ATHLETICS STAFF
John Skiba, Athletic Director
724-478-6033
Katie Frassenei, Trainer
724-478-2200
Michelle Lydon, Secretary
724-478-6032
HOME FIELD LOCATIONS:
Football & Soccer:
Owen's Field
632 First Street
Apollo, PA 15613
Baseball, Basketball, Softball, Track & Field and Volleyball:
Apollo-Ridge High School
1825 State Rout 56
Spring Church, PA 15686
Baseball field is located between the Middle School and Elementary School.
Softball Field is located behind the High School. When you arrive on campus you will need to veer left at the Y in the driveway and follow that driveway to the field.
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Athletics Volunteer Policy:
FORMS:
