Riverside Athletes and Parents,

Winter tryouts are right around the corner!  This communication provides updates, and tryout times, for winter sports. 

ATHLETIC PAPERWORK:

All students must have submitted a current VHSL Physical AND have completed the online registration in order to participate in any off-season or in-season workouts.  Instructions are posted on RiversideRams.Net under “Required forms for Participation.”  All interested athletes, please complete the online registration  for the upcoming school year now.  Choose the sports in which you are interested in participating this year. Please scan and email the completed physical to Matt.Oblas@LCPS.org.  Many have already sent in VHSL physicals, much appreciated! Please now complete the online registration to be eligible for athletics this year.

Important Dates:

Winter Sports Begin---November 6th (tryout times are listed below).  All athletes must attend all tryouts/practices beginning November 6. Vacations are unexcused absences for tryouts/practices.

Winter Sports Parent Meeting---November 15, 7PM (Main Gym)

Spring Sports Begin---February 19

Winter tryout times beginning November 6:

Freshmen Boys Basketball-- 4:30-6:30pm at Belmont Ridge MS

10th-12th Boys Basketball--6:40-8:40pm at Riverside

Girls Basketball--4:40-6:40pm at Riverside 

Gymnastics--6:40-9pm at Riverside 

Winter Track--4:30-6:45pm at Riverside (track)

Wrestling--4:30-6:45pm at Riverside (wrestling room)

BOOSTER CLUB MEMBERSHIP:

Please go to https://threshold.formstack.com/forms/rams_athletic_booster_2023 to join the Riverside Athletic Booster Club. The RABC supports all of our Athletes year-round and wouldn't be able to do it without your help and generous donations.  We would love for all families to join the booster club.  In addition to your membership, you can add a donation directly to your student's team. You may choose multiple teams and we will evenly divide your donation. Thank you for your support!

ATHLETIC ADMISSION AND SEASON PASSES:

Admission for LCPS athletic contests for the 2023-2024 school year remains $7 per person (under 6 and over 62 years of age are free.) TicketSpicket will remain the desired and easiest form of purchasing tickets for any LCPS game.  LCPS season passes are valid for admission for the immediate family in the same home, and grant permission for all home regular season games at Riverside (there also an option for all home and away LCPS games). The passes will be sold through TicketSpicket.com beginning July 15. Season passes are a great savings for families who will attend at least a handful of home games throughout the school year.

How do I purchase a season pass?

Season passes are only available for purchase online through TicketSpicket.com (search Riverside High School Leesburg, VA). Beginning July 15, you’ll see the passes for sale by clicking on “See All Passes.”   The purchase options are available at that location.    You will attach different family members’ email addresses/ transferring the passes to those family members after purchasing the Season Pass for the Family Member.

One important note at each game—you will still need to claim a ticket for each game you attend.  The cost will be $0 since you will have already purchased a season pass. 

Passes are entirely digital.

STAY CONNECTED WITH RIVERSIDE ATHLETICS:

-RiversideRams.Net is the primary website/source of athletics information (schedules, department updates, team news and calendars, etc.)

-Sign up to receive email alerts on RiversideRams.Net (select your team/s)

-Follow us on twitter at @RVHSRamsSports

-Follow us on Instagram at @rvhs_sports

Fall Coaches Contacts:

Football: Ernie.Porter@LCPS.org

Volleyball: ReggieCruz_12@yahoo.com

Cross Country: MtSarafin@gmail.com

Cheer: RiversideRamsCheer@gmail.com

Golf: MRenfro@Lansdowneresort.com 

Field Hockey: Kevin.Brosius@LCPS.org  

Winter Coaches Contacts:

Boys Basketball: Michael.Koscinski@LCPS.org

Girls Basketball: Sarah.Wetmore@LCPS.org

Gymnastics: Theresat0310@gamil.com

Swimming: Joel.Getis@LCPS.org

Winter Track and Field: MayaWhitfield08@gmail.com

Wrestling: Matthieu.burkett-erice@outlook.com

Spring Coaches Contacts:

Baseball: Sam.Plank@LCPS.org

Boys Lacrosse: Nicholas.Worek@LCPS.org

Boys Soccer: Kieranp.harris@gmail.com

Boys Tennis: Chris.Snow@LCPS.org

Crew: DPassar12@gmx.com

Girls Lacrosse: Kash@3dlacrosse.com

Girls Soccer: Amanda.Heins@LCPS.org

Girls Tennis: Janine.Jones@LCPS.org

Softball: KBednoski@icloud.com

Track and Field: Samuel.Benzakein@lcps.org and MayaWhitefield08@gmail.com

EARN MONEY FOR YOUR TEAM:

Coaches will soon be reaching out to families to solicit help in the concession stand during fall sports.  The athletic booster club gives a large financial donation to the team for volunteering each night. 

 The Riverside Athletic Booster Club has tremendous opportunities to raise money for your team.  By selling a sponsorship banner, 100% of the banner profit goes directly to the team of your choosing.  If you own a business, work for a business, have a lead with a business, please consider selling this advertising opportunity with banner sponsorship at our athletic venues.  The banner sponsorship program is available at https://riversiderams.net/main/bfiles.  Make the connection with the business, then connect the business with the athletic office, and we’ll take it from there.  This is a great way for teams to fundraise, and for parents to help those teams.

 NFHS NETWORK TO WATCH ATHLETIC CONTESTS. 

LCPS and Riverside continues its partnership with the NFHS Network to broadcast our Rams athletic events LIVE.  That means that if you or family members can’t make it to the game, the live action can be watched from anywhere on your phone, tablet, computer or smart TV.  Anyone with a subscription can watch any of our athletic contests.  By subscribing to the NFHS Network you get full access to all content on the network for our school and any other broadcast nationwide!  Subscribing is easy: 1. Go to NFHSNetwork.com.  2.  Enter “Riverside High School—Leesburg, VA” in the search box.  3. Click “Follow” so you can stay up to date on all upcoming Rams broadcasted events.  4. Click “Subscribe” for all subscription options for our school.  This subscription is made with the NFHS Network, not LCPS.  The subscription can be monthly or annual.  Note that the subscription allows viewing for any game on the NFHS Network in the country, as well as all main gyms, stadiums, most baseball fields, and most softball fields in LCPS.