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: September 2 - October 19, 2025

Coaches: 

  • Mr. Balogh, Ms. Gosselin, Mr. Mansell, and Ms. Gouthro

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:

  • September 4 @ 3:30pm
  • September 5 @ 8:00am
  • September 8 @ 8:00am
  • September 10 @ 8:00am
  • September 15 @ 8:00am
  • September 17 @ 8:00am
  • September 18 @ 4:00pm
    • 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:

  • September 11 at Stanley Park
  • September 16 at North Glenmore Park (by Parking Lot E)
  • September 22 at North Glenmore Park (by Parking Lot E)
  • Alternate Date: October 1 at North Glenmore Park (by Parking Lot E)
    • 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: September 2 - November 9, 2025

Coaches:

  • Girls Team: Ms. Gallagher, Mr. Whelan, Ms. Gosselin, and Ms. Ostafichuk
  • Boys Team: Ms. Angel and Ms. Armstrong

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
    • September 2 (cancelled due to poor air quality)
    • September 3 and 4 @ 3:20pm on the soccer fields
    • September 8 by invitation only
  • Boys Team
    • September 2 (cancelled due to poor air quality)
    • September 3 and 4 @ 3:20pm on the soccer fields
    • September 8 by invitation only

Practices

  • Girls Team
    • Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 3:20pm
  • Boys Team
    • Mondays and Wednesday @ 3:20pm

Exhibition Games:

  • Girls Team
    • TBD
  • Boys Team
    • TBD

League Games:

  • Girls Team: Games will be on Mondays and Wednesdays this season.
    • September 17 @ West Ridge vs. Vincent Massey
    • September 22 @ West Ridge vs. Griffith Woods
    • October 1 @ Bishop Pinkham
    • October 6 - Rain out date
      • Games start at 4:30pm
  • Boys Team: Games will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays this season.
    • September 18 @ West Ridge vs Vincent Massey
    • September 23 @ Bishop Pinkham
    • October 2 @ West Ridge vs. Griffith Woods
    • October 7 @ A.E. Cross
    • October 9 - Rain out date
      • Games start at 4:30pm

Playoffs:

  • Girls Team:
    • October 8 - Semi-Finals
    • October 15 - Finals
  • Boys Team:
    • October 14 - Semi-Finals
    • October 16 - Finals
      • Games start at 4:30pm

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

Basketball

Season of Play: September 8 - December 7, 2025

Coaches:

  • Jr. Girls: Ms. Frei and Ms. Lonsdale
  • Jr. Boys: Mr. Dixon
  • Sr. Girls: Ms. Kaminski and Ms. Burns
  • Sr. Boys: Mr. Braynen

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.

  • September 8: Sr. Boys @ 7:30am and Sr. Girls @ 3:20pm
  • September 9: Sr. Girls @ 7:30am and Sr. Boys @ 3:20pm
  • September 10: Sr. Boys (invite only) @ 7:30am and Sr. Girls (invite only) @ 3:20pm
  • September 11: Jr. Boys @ 7:30am and Jr. Girls @ 3:20pm
  • September 12: Jr. Boys @ 7:30am
  • September 15: Jr. Girls @ 7:30am and Jr. Boys (invite only) @ 3:20pm
  • September 16: Jr. Girls (invite only) @ 7:30am

Practice Schedule:

  • Jr. Girls: Mondays @ 3:20pm and Thursdays @ 7:30am
  • Jr. Boys: Tuesdays @ 3:20pm and Wednesdays @ 7:30am
  • Sr. Girls: Mondays @ 7:30am and Wednesdays @ 3:20pm
  • Sr. Boys: Tuesdays @ 7:30am and Thursdays @ 3:20pm

Exhibition Games:

  • September 24 @ West Ridge vs. Vincent Massey (4:30pm Jr. Girls, 5:30pm Jr. Boys, and 6:30pm Sr. Boys)

League Games:

  • Jr. Girls:
    • Oct. 7 @ West Ridge (5:00pm vs. Tom Baines and 7:00pm vs. William D. Pratt)
    • Oct. 14 @ Arbour Lake (6:30pm vs. Twelve Mile Coulee and 7:30pm vs. Arbour Lake)
    • Oct. 21 @ Captain Nichola Goddard (4:30pm vs. Captain Nichola Goddard and 5:30pm vs. Nose Creek)
    • Oct. 28 @ Branton (6:00pm vs. Branton)
    • Nov. 4 @ F.E. Osborne (6:30pm vs. Sir John A. MacDonald and 7:30pm vs. F.E. Osborne)
  • Jr. Boys:
    • Oct. 6 @ Twelve Mile Coulee (6:30pm vs. Tom Baines and 7:30pm vs. Twelve Mile Coulee)
    • Oct. 15 @ Nose Creek (6:00pm vs. Sir John A. Macdonald and 7:00pm vs. Nose Creek)
    • Oct. 23 @ West Ridge (4:30pm vs. Arbour Lake and 7:30pm vs. Captain Nichola Goddard)
    • Oct. 27 @ Captain Nichola Goddard (6:00pm vs. William D. Pratt)
    • Nov. 3 @ Branton (5:30pm vs. F.E. Osborne and 6:30pm vs. Branton)
  • Sr. Girls:
    • Oct. 2 @ Senator Patrick Burns (6:00pm vs. Tom Baines and 7:00pm @ Senator Patrick Burns)
    • Oct. 9 @ West Ridge (5:30pm vs. Nose Creek and 7:30pm vs. Captain Nichola Goddard)
    • Oct. 16 @ Sir John A. MacDonald (6:00pm vs. Branton and 7:00pm vs. Sir John A. MacDonald)
    • Oct. 30 @ Arbour Lake (4:30pm vs. Arbour Lake and 5:30pm vs. F.E. Osborne)
    • Nov. 6 @ West Ridge (4:30pm vs. William D. Pratt and 7:30pm vs. Twelve Mile Coulee)
  • Sr. Boys:
    • Oct. 1 @ West Ridge (5:00pm vs. Branton and 7:00pm vs. William D. Pratt)
    • Oct. 9 @ West Ridge (4:30pm vs. Nose Creek)
    • Oct. 22 @ Sir John A. MacDonald (4:30pm vs. Sir John A. MacDonald and 5:30pm vs. F.E. Osborne)
    • Oct. 29 @ Tom Baines (5:00pm vs. Arbour Lake and 6:00pm vs. Tom Baines)
    • Nov. 5 @ Twelve Mile Coulee (6:30pm vs. Captain Nichola Goddard and 7:30pm vs. Twelve Mile Coulee)

Playoffs:

  • Quarter Finals:
    • Jr. Girls: Nov. 18 @ Tom Baines
    • Jr. Boys: Nov. 17 @ Sir John A. MacDonald
    • Sr. Girls: Nov. 18 @ Captain Nichola Goddard
    • Sr. Boys: Nov. 17 @ F.E. Osborne
  • Semi-Finals:
    • Jr. Girls: Nov. 20 @ Nose Creek
    • Jr. Boys: Nov. 19 @ Twelve Mile Coulee
    • Sr. Girls: Nov. 20 @ West Ridge
    • Sr. Boys: Nov. 19 @ William D. Pratt
  • Finals:
    • Jr. Girls & Jr. Boys: Nov. 24 @ Arbour Lake
    • Sr. Girls & Sr. Boys: Nov. 21 @ Robert Thirsk High School

Tournaments:

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

  • Junior North West Classic @ Simon Fraser & H.D. Cartwright Schools (Oct. 1-3, 2025)
  • Senior Feeder Tournament @ Ernest Manning High School (Oct. 17)

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

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:

  • Sept. 19 & 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24, Nov. 7, 14 & 21

Wrestling

Season of Play: October 14 - December 19, 2025

Coaches:

  • TBD

Practice Schedule:

  • TBD

Tournaments/Meets:

  • TBD

Divisionals:

  • TBD

Wrestling season will not be offered this year. Please check back in October 2026 for information regarding next season.

Volleyball

Season of Play: January 5 - March 22, 2026

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.

  • TBD

Practice Schedule:

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

 League Games:

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

Playoffs:

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

Tournaments:

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

  • TBD

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 7:30-8:15am on the following dates:

  • TBD

Badminton

Season of Play: March 30 - May 19, 2026

Coaches: 

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

Tryout Schedule:

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

Practice Schedule:

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

Exhibition Matches:

  • TBD

Divisionals:

  • Grade 6
  • Grade 7
  • Grade 8
  • Grade 9
      • Warm-ups start at 4:00pm and games will start at 4:15pm for all divisional competitions.

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 7:30am. All Grade 5 students who are interested in learning about and playing badminton are encouraged to attend.

  • TBD

Track & Field

Season of Play: May 4 - June 14, 2026

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 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
  • 300m
  • 600m
  • 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.