Ridgedale Local School District

It's been an honor to know Denny throughout the many years that he covered sports in Marion County. He continued to serve in many ways at both Elgin and Ridgedale. We are so grateful for him and all that he has contributes to our school districts. Thank you, Denny from the Ridgedale Community!

Get ready for Movie Night! 🎬🍿

The Yearbook Staff is hosting a Movie Night this Thursday (2/19) after school!

🎥 Showing: The Minecraft Movie
🕒 Time: 3:30 PM – 5:15 PM
📍 Location: HS Cafeteria
Students may stay after school and meet in the cafeteria.

💵 Admission is $5 and includes popcorn and water!
Additional concessions will be available for purchase.

Questions? Email Mr. Greenwood!

We can’t wait to see everyone there! 🎉
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The Annual Baseball Fundraising Community Breakfast is quickly approaching.
Please help support the baseball program and enjoy homemade breakfast and fellowship!

February 28 in the HS Cafeteria the team and coaches will be serving breakfast from 8-11am. This will be a dine in or carry-out option and will be in conjunction with our OHSAA Sectional Wrestling Tournament.

Camdyn built this tackle box using repurposed materials from the shop — and he’s very proud of it! We love seeing students use creativity, problem-solving, and determination to create something useful. Keep up the great work! 🐟🎉
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The Rocket Girls Basketball team will play the first round of OHSAA Sectionals at Northside Christian on 2/21 @ 1pm. The Rocket Boys Basketball team will play the first round of OHSAA Sectionals at home on 2/24 @ 7pm. Please come to support our teams. Let's go Rockets! ❤️🏀🩵 Let's make a tourney run!!

Congratulations to the Rocket Boys Bowling team and Maddie Webb for moving onto the OHSAA District Bowling tournament on Tuesday, 2/17 at HP Lanes with an 11am start time. Congratulations also to Jayden Reynolds who placed 1st in the Boys tournament. Great Job Rocket Bowlers!! Show them how it's done at Districts!! Best of Luck to all!!

The perfect definition of competitive spirit was shown by our 8th grade Boys Basketball Team and Coaches today in the NWCC JH Championship Down 14 in the 3rd quarter, the Rockets came back to tie it with 8 seconds left in the 4th quarter, 35-35. Elgin hit a buzzer beater shot to win 35-37! Heartbreaking for the Rockets but a true testimony of the grit of this team! Congratulations on such a successful season. Rocket Country is proud of all of you!! ❤️🚀🩵

Friday night was FULL of honors and much deserved recognition: We honored our All-Ohio Fall athletes for their efforts and accomplishments in XC and Football. They were presented with their All-Ohio plaques which will be hung on the Wall of Fame! We are proud of all of you and wish you nothing but continued success! We also did a shout out to Mr. Will Beard, the voice of the ROCKETS for the past 18 years. He announced in his final regular season basketball game. His first 3pt call was for Kyle Rose and his last was for Jaxon Cook. We will truly miss his voice on the Ridgedale mic and will forever be grateful for his willingness to make the call for 18 years on the basketball court and 26 years at the football stadium. Thank you, Will!!

What a wonderful evening at the "DALE" on Friday. Great wins by both the JV and Varsity Boys Basketball teams over Cory Rawson and recognitions of some great athletes. We celebrated Senior Night, where the senior male athletes were recognized in bowling wrestling and basketball! Congratulations to all of the seniors and their families.

Good Luck to our 8th grade Boys Basketball team and coaches as they play Elgin in the NWCC Championship at Cory Rawson, 1pm. Let's go ROCKETS! ❤️🏀🩵

📢 Quick Reminder: Long Weekend Ahead!

• Friday, February 13 – No School for Students (Staff Professional Day)
• Monday, February 16 – No School (Presidents’ Day)

Have a great long weekend, Ridgedale! 💙

8th Grade Boys Basketball Team is moving onto the NWCC Championship!! Games will be played at Cory Rawson on Saturday 2/14. The 8th grade boys will play at 1pm. Please head to Cory Rawson and cheer the Rockets to VICTORY. Congratulations to all of the Rocket JH basketball teams on a tremendous season. So much hard work and growth throughout the winter!! Proud to be a ROCKET! ❤️🚀🩵

🎉 Congratulations to Our 2026 Marion County Spelling Bee Participants! 🐝
We are so proud of our Ridgedale students who represented us at the Marion County Spelling Bee, held on Tuesday, February 10th at TRCC.

Congratulations to:
Jackson, Lilli, Bristol, Sophia, Harper

Your hard work, courage, and dedication were on full display. Way to represent Ridgedale! 💙
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Check out the pictures below as we celebrate their accomplishment!

☕📚 Sip & Study with PowerHours!
Join us for Sip & Study and enjoy the coffee bar while you get your work done. PowerHours is still looking for new members!

See the flyer for more information or reach out to jnutter@ridgedaleschools.org
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CONGRATUATIONS to the 7th Grade Girls basketball team on their NWCC tourney win over Cory Rawson on a Chloe Scharf 3pt buzzer beater to end the game!

Good Luck to the 7th Grade Girls Basketball team as they travel to Cory Rawson for a NWCC first round tournament game. They will play at 5pm.

On Wednesday, 2/11 come cheer on the 7th and 8th Grade Boys Basketball teams in the Ridgedale HS Gym beginning with 7th grade vs. Hardin Northern at 5:30pm followed by 8th grade vs. Ridgemont at 6:30pm. Also, on Wednesday night, 2/11 the 8th Grade Girls will play at Elgin at 6:30pm. All of Wednesday's games are Semi-Finals so come support these young athletes as the play for a spot in the Championship games on Saturday, 2/14 at Cory Rawson!

Let's get fired up ROCKETS!

The Dale was the place to be for basketball tonight. We were fortunate to host 3 NWCC JH games. 7th grade boys defeated Temple. 8th grade boys defeated Cory Rawson. 8th grade girls defeated Cory Rawson. All 3 teams move on to the next round. Congratulations to the teams, coaches and cheerleaders! It was Senior Night for the HS girls team. We honored Hannah Murphy and Richelle Gleespen. Thank you for your dedication and hard work throughout the past 4 years!! The Lady Rockets defeated Calvary Christian for the sweep on the night!! As always we are proud of our Rockets!! ❤️🏀🩵

🍝 Basketball Fundraiser at Sansotta’s Italian 🏀
Stop by Sansotta’s Italian on February 13 from 11:00 AM–8:00 PM and make sure to mention the Ridgedale Rockets Boys Basketball Fundraiser! Your support will help raise money for the boys basketball program!
Thank you for supporting our student-athletes—Go Rockets! 🚀
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💃🕺 Dressed up and dancing! Our first Middle School Formal Dance was full of smiles, music, and memories. Students had so much fun—check out some pictures from this amazing event!
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