Welcome to Raptor Athletics

Here you will find all pertinent information about our athletics teams. Tryout, practice, and game information, will also be posted on the athletics calendar that is located on the whiteboard outside of the Physical Education office.

Cross-Country 

Season of Play: 

Coaches: 

Information Meeting:

There will be an informative meeting on Wednesday, September 3 at lunch (starting at 12:08pm) in the main gym. Please bring your lunch. This meeting is for any student athletes who are interested in being on the cross-country team this season. Please note there are no tryouts as Cross-Country is a no cut team.

Practices:

    • Meet in foyer outside of Main Office for all practices.

Age Groups/Distances:

  • Youth: Grade 6 (1,000-1,500m)
  • Junior: Grade 7 (1,000-1,500m)
  • Intermediate: Grade 8 (1,000-2,000m)
  • Senior: Grade 9 (1,500-2,500m)
    • Distances vary by location

South Meets:

    • Races begin at 5:00pm

Cross-Country season has concluded for the year. Please check back in September 2026 for information regarding next season.

Soccer

Season of Play:

Coaches:

  • Girls Team:
  • Boys Team:

Tryouts:

*Any students in Grades 6-9 are eligible to tryout for the soccer teams. There are only two soccer teams (one girls and one boys), so all students will be competing for spots on one of the two teams.

  • Girls Team
  • Boys Team

Practices

  • Girls Team
  • Boys Team

Exhibition Games:

  • Girls Team
    • TBD
  • Boys Team
    • TBD

League Games:

  • Girls Team: Games will be on
      • Games start at 4:30pm
  • Boys Team: Games will be on
      • Games start at 4:30pm

Playoffs:

  • Girls Team:
  • Boys Team:
      • Games start at 4:30pm


Basketball

Season of Play: 

Coaches:

  • Jr. Girls:
  • Jr. Boys:
  • Sr. Girls:
  • Sr. Boys:

Tryout Schedule:

*The first round of cuts will happen after the second tryout. Grade 8s are welcome to tryout for senior teams. If they aren't successful in making a senior team, they are welcome to attend junior tryouts.

Practice Schedule:

  • Jr. Girls:
  • Jr. Boys:
  • Sr. Girls:
  • Sr. Boys:

Exhibition Games:

League Games:

  • Jr. Girls:
  • Jr. Boys:
  • Sr. Girls:
  • Sr. Boys:

Playoffs:

  • Quarter Finals:
  • Semi-Finals:
  • Finals:

Tournaments:

*West Ridge will be competing in the following tournaments this year:


Developmental Basketball:

We will be offering Developmental Basketball for our Grade 5 students. These sessions are being run by members of our Grade 5 teaching team and are open to any Grade 5 students who wish to continue developing their basketball skills. The developmental sessions will occur on Friday mornings from 7:45-8:30am on the following dates:

Wrestling

Season of Play: 

Coaches:

  • TBD

Practice Schedule:

  • TBD

Tournaments/Meets:

  • TBD

Divisionals:

  • TBD


Volleyball

Season of Play:

Coaches:

  • Jr. Girls:
  • Jr. Boys:
  • Sr. Girls:
  • Sr. Boys:

Tryout Schedule:

Grade 6-8 students are eligible to tryout for the junior teams, while Grade 8-9 students can tryout for the senior teams. Tryouts have been scheduled to allow any Grade 8 students who want to tryout for the senior teams to do so and still attend junior tryouts in the event they don’t make the senior squad.

Practice Schedule:

  • Jr. Girls:
  • Jr. Boys:
  • Sr. Girls:
  • Sr. Boys:

 League Games:

  • Jr. Girls
  • Jr. Boys
  • Sr. Girls
  • Sr. Boys

Playoffs:

Tournaments:

Our volleyball teams have committed to playing in the following tournaments this season:

Developmental Volleyball:

We will be offering Developmental Volleyball for our Grade 5 students. These sessions are being run by members of our Grade 5 teaching team and are open to any Grade 5 students who wish to continue developing their volleyball skills. The developmental sessions will occur on Friday mornings from 7:45-8:30am on the following dates:

Coaches:

Badminton

Season of Play:

Coaches: 

  • Grade 6:
  • Grade 7:
  • Grade 8:
  • Grade 9:

Tryout Schedule:

Practice Schedule:

  • Grade 6s:
  • Grade 7s:
  • Grade 8s:
  • Grade 9s:

Exhibition Matches:

Divisionals:

  • Grade 6:
  • Grade 7:
  • Grade 8:
  • Grade 9:

    Developmental Badminton

    We are excited to announce that there will be Developmental Badminton for Grade 5s this year. Developmental sessions will be held on the following Fridays at 7:45am. All Grade 5 students who are interested in learning about and playing badminton are encouraged to attend.

    Track & Field

    Season of Play: 

    Coaches: 

    Tryouts: Track & Field tryouts will occur during our school-wide Track Day that's tentatively scheduled for TBD. Results from the Track Day will be used to fill roster spots for the inter-school Track Meet.

    Track Meet: TBD

    School Team Entries:

    • 3 plus an alternate per event
    • 3 events plus a relay maximum per student
    • Relay A (Boys), B (Girls), and C (Mixed)
    • Junior Varsity: Grade 6s
    • Junior: Grade 7s
    • Intermediate: Grade 8s
    • Senior: Grade 9s

    Events:

    • 100m
    • 200m
    • 800m
    • 1,200m 
    • 4x100m Relay
    • 60m Hurdles (event not offered for Grade 6s)
    • Long Jump
    • High Jump
    • Discus (event not offered for Grade 6s)
    • Shot Put

    Developmental Sports

    Developmental sports will be offered periodically throughout the school year, typically in conjunction with seasons of play as listed above. These sports are aimed at our Grade 5 students, who are unable to tryout for any of our athletic teams. These sports will be offered at different times, based on the availability of a teacher/coach and the gymnasium.

    Insurance Coverage

    It is highly recommended that all students involved with inter-school athletics have some form of accident insurance. This can be obtained either through the Accident Insurance Plan endorsed by the Calgary Board of Education or through a private insurance company.