DECA and Women’s Volleyball will be hosting a game here at Mountain Ridge to honor breast cancer survivors.    The Volleyball girls kindly dedicate a game every year to continue bringing awareness and raise money for breast cancer research....

After a long offseason courtesy of the pandemic, the student section has made its comeback and boy, have they been missed. Flooding the crowds, Ridge Army is making sure our sports teams know who has home field advantage.    Filling the middle...

The TV flips on to a sports game where vibrant fans fill the crowd of their respective teams. In the sea of the team's crowd, you can spot new customized jerseys of household named player, now in the colors and threads of the home team. Who would have...

Friday night lights are here! After a year of absence from the home crowd, Mountain Ridge is eager to open its stands to Ridge Army.    Freshmen, welcome their first chance to belong in the student section as high schoolers. Sophomores, get...

The 2021 Ridge football season has begun and the Ridge Army is getting ready to go wild in the student section on Friday nights. The new turf field has been striped with forest green and a burgundy mountain lion calls attention to the 50 yard-line, awaiting...

In the past few years, the conversation around mental health has been brought up more and more, but there’s still a huge stigma surrounding it. The Athletic Trainer here at Ridge, Kim Rodgers, feels that mental health should be discussed more, especially...

Kaden Hicks, senior at Mountain Ridge and starter on the varsity football team, has more than just the upcoming football season on his mind.   To date, Hicks has received 11 college offers from all over the US and will continue to keep his...

Some enjoy the sport of hockey because of the non-stop action. Some enjoy it because of the cold and icy environment. I enjoy Hockey simply because of its aggressive play.   For my 11th birthday, my dad took me to my first hockey game here...

What sports pull you in? How do they pull you in? The thrill of a home run or the excitement in a hockey fight. Each one is different and they all attract different people.    Sports are thrilling to many all over the world. They can be intense...

Dedication and hard work can take you anywhere you want to go. Goals are reached when you put all your effort into making it happen. Seeing improvement is the most rewarding thing when pursuing goals.   For me, sports are my passion. I work...

All-Region Honors were given out this March to several extra outstanding team players, two of them being Mountain Ridge’s very own Hannah Uhlenhop and Janae Floyd and honorable mention Ari Goren of the Varsity Girls Basketball Team, with Uhlenhop receiving...

  You’re getting ready to explode out of your blocks at your track meet and your adrenaline is skyrocketing. You jump up and down to warm up your muscles and you crawl into the blocks. You rock side to side to settle into position and you are...