Riverdale Rams Senior Night
By: Ashlynne Schabilion
Riverdale hosted senior night in the highschool gym on February 13, 2024 for boys basketball, basketball cheer, robotics, speech and scholastic bowl. The boys basketball team played the Hall Red Devils and won 85-63. There were three seniors on the boys basketball team which were Conner Geest, Dawson Peterson, and Jake Willems. The boys will play at Hall for their first round of regionals on February 21st. Basketball cheer had six seniors which were Alaina Heim, Ashlynne Schabilion, Claire DeCap, Evelyn Miller, Isabel Lopez, and Maggie Kelley. At the game they did their final performance during the halftime of the Varsity game and will continue to cheer for boys basketball at the regional game(s). Robotics had five seniors which were Ava Phelps, Logan Ogden, Jace Ball, Tyler Lockaby, and Leyton Nelson; they will be attending state at Elgin, Illinois on March 1st. Speech had five seniors which were Cael Hinde, Cassidy Kline, Teagan McGinty, Ian Smiddy, and Tyler Lockaby. Senior, Cael Hinde, and junior, Jorie Sloan, will be attending state at Peoria, Illinois on February 16th and February 17th. Senior, Cassidy Kline, said “Our Riverdale speech team had a tremendous season! Although we had to miss a few tournaments due to weather cancellations, we saw so much growth throughout competing. Each member of our team was dedicated, put in many long nights into their pieces, and overall treated each other like a family. We grew so close and spent much more bonding time together this year, so it was very sad to reach the end of our season already. However, as for me and Cael, we can both agree that we had an amazing season and were so proud that an event made it to state!”. Scholastic Bowl had four seniors who were Cael Hinde, Ian Smiddy, Logan Ogden, and Oliver Bull. Senior, Cael Hinde, said "Rebuilding from last year is something we knew would be difficult, but we've found ourselves to be improving with the season and right on track with our goals. The team has been amazing, and our chemistry is what keeps us ahead." Scholastic bowl will be headed to the Masonic state tournament on March 1st.