Ridgeview Athletic Boosters

05/13/2026

Our next Senior Spotlight is on Emma Stover. Emma and the 12-6 Lexington-Ridgeview Softball team will play their last regular season game today at home against Warrensburg-Latham. Regional play begins on Tuesday at home. They will host Pontiac at 6:15pm for the regional semi-final. Best of luck Emma in the rest of your senior season!

05/12/2026

We have another athlete featured in the Faces of Spring edition! Check out Kennedy Sennett in tomorrows News-Gazette 🔵🟣🏃🏻‍♀️

Coming in Wednesday’s News-Gazette: meet eight area girls’ track and field standouts in Caydence Brown from Cerro Gordo/Bement, Samantha Brown from Danville, Adisyn McCarty from Armstrong-Potomac, Kalyn Miller from Heritage, Cara Petersen from Watseka, Kennedy Sennett from Ridgeview/Lexington, Abby Steiner from Hoopeston Area and Taylor Wells from St. Thomas More as our Faces of Spring series continues

05/11/2026

Starting off this week with a Senior Spotlight on Joe Cheever. Just this past Friday at Dee-Mack, Joe threw his PR in discus with a distance of 159' 11". He has also shown his quickness by running in several 4x100 relays! Joe we wish you the best of luck in the rest of your senior season!

05/10/2026

Yesterday was a beautiful day for the junior high track sectional meet. We have a handful of young Mustangs heading to East Peoria next weekend for the IESA State Track Meet. Qualifying in individual events are:

Evangeline Helmig in the long jump with a jump of 15' 8.25"
Evangeline Helmig in the 100 meter dash with a time of 13.3 seconds
Evangeline Helmig in the 200 meter dash with a time of 27.58 seconds
Blake Harris in shot put with a throw of 28' 3.75"

The 8th grade 4x100 relay qualified with a time of 56.02 seconds. Runners are Gabi Hernandez, Blake Harris, Grace Kelly and Evangeline Helmig.

A new event this year for junior high is the Sprint Medley Relay 1600m. The first 2 runners each run 200 meters. The 3rd runner runs 400 meters and the last one runs 800 meters. Our 7th grade girls team did it in 5 minutes and 20.67 seconds, earning a trip to state. This relay team is made up of Gabi Hernandez, Aniya Fisher, Lucy Jamerson and Olivia McKeon.

Congratulations to you all! Best of luck at state! Here's where you can find the rest of our athletes this week:

Mon May 11
4:30 HS Softball vs. Gardner S. Wilmington at Lexington
4:00 HS Boys Track at EPG (HOI Conference Meet)

Tue May 12
4:30 JV Softball vs. Leroy at Lexington
4:30 HS Baseball at Iroquois West

Wed May 13
4:30 HS Softball vs. Warrensburg-Latham at Lexington
4:30 JV Baseball vs. GCMS

Thu May 14
3:00 HS Girls Track Sectional at Maroa Forsyth
4:30 JV Softball vs. Olympia at Lexington

Fri May 15
4:30 HS Boys Track at Decatur St. Teresa
HS Baseball HOIC Showcase at Horenberger Field (Times TBD)
JH State Track Meet at East Peoria

Sat May 16
HS Baseball HOIC Showcase at Horenberger Field (Times TBD)
HS Softball HOIC Showcase at Champion Fields (Times TBD)
JH State Track Meet at East Peoria
10:00 HS Boys Track at EPG

Good luck everyone!

05/08/2026

Tomorrow’s Faces of Spring features our own Bryce Cloudt! Check him out!

Also coming in Saturday’s News-Gazette: meet area boys’ track and field standouts Bryce Cloudt from Ridgeview/Lexington, Apollo Gannaway from Blue Ridge, Gavin High from Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin, Isaac Kennel from Armstrong-Potomac, Oliverio Ochoa from Iroquois West, Cesar Rivera from Arcola, Kade Smith from Salt Fork, Zane Walters from Fisher and Payton Warrior from Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond as our Faces of Spring series continues

05/08/2026

Next up in the Senior Spotlights is Kennedy Sennett. Kennedy is a jack of all trades in track and field, running relays and hurdles, while also competing in the long jump and even shot put a couple of times. There's only one regular season meet left until Girls Sectionals and we wish Kennedy and the rest of her team the best of luck!!

05/07/2026

Today's Senior Spotlight is Reese Seeman. Reese is a part of the 12-5 Lexington-Ridgeview Softball team. Be sure to check them out - they only have a few games left before Regionals begin. Best of luck to Reese in her senior season!

05/05/2026

Today's Senior Spotlight is Jack Peacock. Jack is one of the distance runners on the track team where he has been fighting every race to get his best mile time. Friday night at SJO he hit his PR with a 5:01.66! Best of luck Jack with the rest of your senior season!

05/04/2026

Next up in our Senior Spotlight is Bryce Cloudt. Bryce recently threw his personal best shot put of 47' 5.25" at the 2026 Boys Falcon Invite in Gibson City and is a part of the throwers relay - running one leg of the 4x100 meter relay. We wish Bryce best of luck for the rest of his senior season.

05/03/2026

We saw so many pictures of our student athletes at both Ridgeview and Lexington proms this weekend! You all looked great and we hope you had so much fun! Seniors at Ridgeview only have a few more days of school left....can you believe it?! Only a few weeks of the 2025-2026 school year left and that means we're getting down to the end of our spring sports seasons. Here's where you can find your athletes this week:

Mon May 4
4:30 HS Softball at DeeMack
4:30 JV Baseball vs. Heyworth
4:30 HS Girls Track HOIC Meet at Heyworth

Tue May 5
4:30 HS Softball at IVC
4:30 JH Track vs. Metcalf, Corpus Christi & Lexington

Wed May 6
4:30 HS Baseball vs. Gardner S. Wilmington
4:30 JV Softball at Normal West

Thu May 7
4:30 JV Softball vs. Calvary Christian at Lexington

Fri May 8
4:00 HS Boys Track at DeeMack
4:30 HS Girls Track at St. Joseph-Ogden
4:30 HS Softball at Sacred Heart Griffin

Sat May 9
10:00 HS Baseball vs. Roanoke-Benson
9:00 JH Track Sectional at Colfax

Best of luck to you all!

05/01/2026

Our first Senior Spotlight for the spring sports season is Cole Kennedy. Cole has a bright future ahead of him, especially in comedy. Best of luck in the rest of your senior season Cole!