The Ridge View boys track team is optimistic for the new season. Head track coach Dale Tokheim is in his 8th year, and has been assistant coach since 2012. He is being assisted by Justin Kinney. Tokheim talked about some key team members lost to graduation.
The Ridge View girls track team is looking to repeat last year's success, under the guidance of head coach Angie Kohn, assistant coach Angela Brinkman, and volunteer coach Lisa Shepherd. The Raptors have 31 athletes on the roster, including 2 seniors, 12 juniors, 9 sophomores, and 8 freshmen.
Coach Angie Kohn talked about what she feels the team strengths will be.
Carter Wright, an 8th grader at Ridge View, wrestled in Districts on Feb. 6 and won Northwest Iowa's District One 160-lb C division.
In round one, Wright won by fall over Marcus Loutsch from Hinton. In the semifinal match, Wright won by fall over Abraham Palma from Boyden-Hull-Rock Valley.
The Ridge View boys track squad competed at the Nielson Indoor meet at Humboldt on Friday. In the 60-meter dash, Isaac Goettsch took fourth place with a time of 7.58 seconds, while Kade Wright finished ninth with a time of 7.65 seconds. In the 200-meter dash, Zach Kolpin finished eighth out of 43 runners with a time of 26.46 seconds. Cornell McCray took 17th place with a time of 27.37 seconds. In the 400-meter dash, Clayton Jacobson finished ninth out of 34 runners with a time of 59.84 seconds.
Ridge View Archers wrapped up their season this past weekend with state qualifiers competing in Des Moines. The students spent Friday volunteering helping the Iowa DNR and NASP staff setting up for the state event. On Saturday morning, students shot 3D and Bullseye. 3D consists of 6 animals set a various distances from 10m - 15m). A perfect score - all 10s - would be a 300. Bullseye competition is shot at a traditional archery target with 15 arrows shot at 10m and 15 arrows shot at 15m.
The Western Valley Conference has released its all-conference basketball honorees. Shae Dutler and Madison Stowater of Ridge View were named first team, while OABCIG’s Krista Sibenaller was named second team. For the boys, Kane Ladwig and Beckett DeJean of OABCIG, as well as Kellen Jensen of Ridge View, were named to the first team. Treyten Kolar and Griffin Diersen of OABCIG, and Kyler Wunschel of Ridge View were named to the second team. The complete list, as wells as final team standings, are as follows:
After a slow start, the Ridge View girls basketball squad fought their way back into the game and eventually overcame Alta-Aurelia in a Class 2A playoff opener. The Raptors fell behind 10-2 to start the game, but cut the lead to 10-5 at the end of the first quarter. A competitive second quarter ended with Ridge View trailing by a slim 23-20 margin at halftime. The Raptors came out after the halftime break and dominated the third quarter, outscoring the Warriors 18-8 to grab a 38-31 lead heading into the final period of play.
It was a real dogfight in Holstein last Monday, as the Okoboji Pioneers came to town to take on the host school Ridge View Raptors in a Class 2A District 2 playoff opener. After falling behind 11-3 to start the game, the Raptors clawed their way back to trim the margin to 11-7 after the first quarter. Ridge View outscored Okoboji by four points in the second quarter to tie the game at 23 going into the halftime break. A hard-fought, evenly matched third quarter ended with the Pioneers up by two at 42-40.
