Jagger Thiel is the first guy on Ridge cheer, soon followed by Logan Diefenderfer, a junior at Ridge and an exchange student.   When I emailed coach Melissa Christensen, the JV coach, about interviewing her and the two guys on cheer, she offered...

Welcome back to the chaos of high school! For some of us this means calling these packed hallways home again, and for some it means attending orientation and slowly falling into disorientation. Don't be intimidated by the new school year: Ridge is in...

Mountain Ridge Fellowship of Christian Athletes have met during Thursday AcaPreps since the beginning of the school year. This past Thursday, the club wrapped up their 2021-2022 term with  worship from the Peoria CCV campus’ youth leaders, Donna Gillespie...

Mountain Ridge members of DECA competed in Atlanta for the International Career Development Conference (ICDC).    38 DECA students qualified for the national conference after competing in the state competition. Of those who qualified, 30 chose...

It’s Prom Week! The dance that upperclassmen have fantasized about since their elementary school days is finally being held on April 29th, at the Chateau Luxe from 7pm-11pm. With Covid expelling last year's juniors from the opportunity to enjoy this...

The Mountain Ridge Speech and Debate team competed in the national qualifiers tournament this March, excelling in Big Questions, Public Forum, International Extemporaneous Speaking, United States Extemporaneous Speaking, Original Oratory, and Congress...

Congratulations to the ensembles of Honor Choir, Chamber Choir, and Concert Choir for receiving a gold rating at the 2022 Forum Festival in Fullerton, California. In addition, congratulations to Elisabeth Green for receiving the “Outstanding Musicianship”...

Every high school student dreams of being an upperclassman and receiving their invite to prom. The excitement of getting asked by a friend or a significant other combined with the anticipated evening of fun can often be overshadowed by the endless search...

  From a student's perspective of January 25th’s evacuation, all facts are unknown and rumors have circulated. Teachers, on the other hand, have a different perspective on the evacuation. Many teachers have called for major changes such as,...

During the winter of 2010, the friendship of Isaac Shelby and current sophomore Lincoln Baldonado began. The two met during Lincoln’s first soccer season, in New Mexico, where they both lived at the time, and their friendship only continued from there.     Eventually,...

A new addition to our school is found in the D building lobby, to pay its respect to the athletic alumni that made school history: the Mountain Ridge Hall of Fame. Housing some of the famed athletes and coaches at our school, and reminiscing on the athletic...

MRHS junior Tegan Bernard was recently interviewed by Arizona Sports through his nomination for the Character Counts Scholarship. AZ Sports questioned Bernard on his position on the Ridge boys volleyball team, his classes, and other programs at MRHS he...