Football Ticket Pre-Sale
If you are interested in purchasing your home football tickets in advance contact Ms. Lydon in the Athletic Office at 724-478-6000 ext. 6032 to arrange a time. Pre-Sold Ticket sales will end at 1:00 PM on game day.
Let's Go Vikings!
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Sporting events this week:
9/27/23 Girls Varsity Soccer vs Knoch @6:30
9/28/23 7/8 Grade Football vs Fox Chapel @6:00
9/28/23 Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Freeport JV starts @ 6:00
9/29/23 Varsity Football vs Steel Valley @ 7:00
Let's Go Vikings!
The Athletics Calendar shows all athletic events, including locations and bus departure times. This information is updated often.
*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.
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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:
8/2/23 is the official start of Fall Sports. All physicals and Family ID must be completed and turned in by 8/2/23 in order to participate!
Fall Sports:
Varsity Football
Football 7th - 8th Grade
Girls Basketball 7th - 8th Grade
Girls Soccer
Cross Country
Varsity Volleyball
8/2/23 is the official start of Winter Sports. All physicals and Family ID must be completed and turned in by 8/2/23 in order to participate!
Winter Sports:
Girls Varsity Basketball
Boys Varsity Basketball
8/2/23 is the official start of Spring Sports. All physicals and Family ID must be completed and turned in by 8/2/23 in order to participate!
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.
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.
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2023-2024 Apollo-Ridge Student Athletic Accolades:
In the news:
- Coach Brian Newton mentioned:
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
Apollo-Ridge Athletic Hall of Fame Established
The Athletic Hall of Fame is organized for the purpose of recognizing the rich tradition of athletic success in the Apollo-Ridge School District. It serves as a means of honoring and recognizing the athletes, teams, coaches, and supporters who made significant contributions to the Viking tradition of excellence. The Athletic Hall of Fame honors the contributions and accomplishments of these individuals and teams who are worthy of recognition as examples for others to emulate. Induction ceremonies are held annually.
HOF By-Laws, HOF Letter and Nomination Form are all located on the side of this page. Please feel free to contact Ms. Lydon in the Athletic Department at 724-478-6000 ext. 6032 with any questions.
DRUG ABUSE AWARENESS & PREVENTION
