REMINDER, WHEN SCHOOL IS CLOSED DUE TO WEATHER, ALL ATHLETIC EVENTS AND PRACTICES ARE CANCELLED.
Athletic Events April 23rd - April 29th
Monday April 22nd - Girls Varsity Softball vs GCC @ 4:00PM
Boys Varsity Baseball @ GCC @ 4:00PM
bus leaves at 2:15PM
Location:
911 Armory Dive
Greensburg PA 15601
Track & Field vs Highlands @ 3:30 PM Senior Day starts at 3:00 PM
Tuesday April 23rd - Boys Varsity Baseball vs Greensburg Central Catholic @ 4 PM
Girls Varsity Softball vs Brentwood @ 4 PM
7/8 Grade Volleyball vs Valley @ 3:30PM
Wednesday April 24th - Girls Varsity Softball @ Ellis @ 4 PM. Bus leaves @1:30
Location:
Magee Field
745 Greenfield Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15217
Boys Varsity Baseball vs Riverwiew (Making up 3 innings from the April 17th game) @ 3:30PM
Boys JV Baseball vs Leechburg @ 4:30PM
Thursday April 25th- 7/8 Grade Volleyball @ Riverview @ 3:30PM Bus leaves at 2:25 PM
Location:
1000 Hulton Road
Oakmont, PA 15139
*Riverview HS Gym
JV Baseball vs Burrell @ 4PM
Friday April 26th - Boys Varsity Baseball @ Homer Center @ 4:00 PM bus leaves at 2:30PM
Location:
First Commonwealth Field
180 Booster Drive
Homer City PA 15748
Girls Varsity Softball @ Brentwood @ 4:00 PM bus leaves at 2:00PM
Location:
Brentwood Park
Softball Field
3601 Brownsville Road
Pittsburgh PA 15227
Saturday April 27th - Boys Varsity Baseball @ Homer Center time TBD
Location:
First Commonwealth Field
180 Booster Drive
Homer City PA 15748
Monday April 29th - Boys Varsity Baseball vs Brentwood @ 4:00PM
Girls Varsity Softball vs Serra @ 4:00PM
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Grades 7-12 Interested in Wrestling:
Here is how you sign up:
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:
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
12/1/2023 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
3/4/2024 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:
- 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
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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Alumni News!
¨ Shane Bartha, Apollo-Ridge's all-time leading scorer, to join A-K Valley Sports Hall of Fame