Rockets softball falls to Sherrard 2-1 in 8 innings.
Owen Wolfe competed this morning at the IESA State Track meet in the discus. He did not place but threw a new personal best of 10.86 M!
Happy Friday ICE Families! Please check out our last newsletter of the 24/25 year! https://5il.co/3gzia Reminder that registration is open to all incoming kindergartner AND current students. We encourage you to register as early as possible to ensure a smooth start to the school year. For full details, please refer to our Registration Letter from Mr. Bush here: https://bit.ly/3RZWWVa
Great pitching tonight for the Rockets baseball team leads them to the regional finals! Rockets win 2-0 over Hall! Dekeyrel and Schwigen combine for the shut out.
The Rockets will play Sherrard Saturday at 1 pm for the Regional Title back in Monmouth.
Rockets softball with the big win over London Mills (Spoon River Valley) Coop 14-2!!
Dietrich 2-3, 2RBI
Black 2-3, RBI
David 2-3, 2RBI
Hofer 2-2, HR, 5RBIs
Lowe 5IP 3H, 1ER, 6BB, 5K
Rockets advance to Regional Championship tomorrow 5/23
Good Luck to our Girls' Track State Qualifiers as they complete in the @IHSA_IL State Preliminaries today!
Rockridge Yearbooks have gone digital! Mrs. Kline spent this spring scanning yearbooks (THANK YOU!) and they have been uploaded to our TouchPro Site: https://rockridge.touchpros.com/flipbookyear.aspx?tabid=6489. We need your help to borrow a 1969 and a 1970 Yearbook. If you have one we can borrow to scan, please drop it by the HS Office during school hours.
Off to State!
Best of luck to our IHSA Girls State Qualifiers! They headed out for Charleston today and will begin competition tomorrow!
Please click the link https://senatorneilanderson.com/summerreading2025/ or view the attached information on Senator Neil Anderson's Summer Reading Program for students grades K-12.
Softball for today has been postponed until tomorrow. The game will be played at Canton (Canton has lights) at 5:30 pm followed by the other regional semifinal game at 7:30.
The Rockets baseball team advanced to the IHSA Regional Semifinals with 3-2 victory over Knoxville on a Joey Reiff Sac Fly in the 7th.
The updated regional schedule is:
Wed., May 21
Game 3 at 4:30 pm: (2) Sherrard vs. Aledo (Mercer County)
Thu., May 22
Game 4 at 4:30 pm: (3) Spring Valley (Hall) vs. Taylor Ridge (Rockridge)
Sat., May 24
Game 5 at 1:00 pm: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
The severe weather threat has passed at this time. Students are now being released and buses will proceed with their PM routes. Thank you for your cooperation as we take precautions with the severe weather.
Attention Parents: All Rockridge Schools will be HOLDING students in school buildings as a precaution until severe weather passes this afternoon. We will send another notice when students are released.
Summer Meals are available for children 18 & under when school is out. To find a site close to you, call 800-359-2163 or visit WeGotYouIllinois.org.
Updated Softball Regional Schedule:
Game 2 – Wednesday LVC vs Rockridge 4:30
Game 3 – Thursday Farmington vs Sherrard 4:30
Game 4 – Friday (Championship remains) 4:30
Jacob Smithers from the RIROE brought gifts to our Rockridge Retirees last week: Katy Hasson - HS Principal since 2006, Tom Hasson - TR & IC PE since 2009, Lila Kline - HS Paraprofessional since 2008, Deanna Lee - HS Math Teacher since 1993, & Mary Strachan - HS Special Ed Teacher since 2003.
Congratulations to our IESA State Track Qualifiers!
Owen Wolfe 1st in discus w/ a throw of 40.66 M.
8th grade girls 4x100 qualifying time of 54.29
Lauren Oetgen 200 qualifying time of 27.77
Anna Mayerhofer 200 w/ a time of 27.60
Anna Mayerhofer 100 M dash w/ a time of 13.35
Due to the high temperatures, the Family Movie Night will be cancelled. Neither outdoor nor indoor gym temperatures are comfortable at this time. We are disappointed, but hope we can hold the event at a later date! Thanks for understanding!
Mrs. Neece's History students are researching some distinguished individuals from the U.S. Armed Forced who served from the War of 1812 to present and are buried on the Rock Island Arsenal Cemetery. This Veterans' Legacy Project was made possible by a grant from St. Ambrose University.
Fans wanting to attend tomorrow's IHSA Girls Sectional Track Meet can purchase tickets on Go Fan using the link or QR code provided. Tickets on Go Fan are $8 or you may pay $9 cash at the gate.
https://gofan.co/app/school/IHSA?activity=Track%20and%20Field
