The following is meant to serve as a mass communication for all parents/athletes regarding athletics this upcoming school year.  

Beginning July 8, all students must have athletic paperwork submitted per the below information. 

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 all 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:

Fall Sports Begin---August 5th (tryout times are listed below).  All athletes must attend all tryouts/practices beginning on August 5th. Vacations are unexcused absences for tryouts/practices.

Fall Sports Parent Meeting---August 12th, 7PM (Main Gym)

Winter Sports Begin---November 11

Spring Sports Begin---February 24

Fall tryout times beginning August 5:

Cheerleading 3-6pm Auxiliary Gym

Cross Country 7-8:30am Track

Field Hockey 4-6:30pm Stadium

Football 8am-2:30pm Practice Turf

Golf -- Lansdowne ON AUGUST 8, 9, and 10 (tee times will begin at 6am each day)

Volleyball 4:30-6:30pm Freshmen/ 5:30-7:30 10th-12th -- Main Gym

BOOSTER CLUB MEMBERSHIP:

The Riverside Athletic Booster Club continues to support all Riverside athletic programs with great generosity.   All funds collected by the booster club (membership, concessions, corporate sponsorship advertising) goes completely to our athletic programs.  This past year, the booster club gave over $65,000 directly to our teams.   Booster club membership is again available to families.  We would love for all families to become members of the booster club.  Tax-deductible membership only costs $40 and is available for sign-up at https://threshold.formstack.com/forms/rams_athletic_booster_2024

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.)  LCPS is transitioning away from Hometown Ticketing and will begin using GoFan.Com.  GoFan will be 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 GoFan.com later this summer. Season passes are a great savings for families who will attend at least a handful of home games throughout the school year.  More information from GoFan will come later this summer.

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: Carolyn.Boyle@LCPS.org

Golf: BRogish@lansdowneresort.com and JTrianna@lansdowneresort.com

Field Hockey: Kevin.Brosius@LCPS.org  

EARN MONEY FOR YOUR TEAM:

 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.