John William Lawrence, age 58, of Coshocton, passed away with his loving family by his side on Thursday, March 14, 2024. He was born on July 31, 1965, in Coshocton, Ohio to the late Robert and Shirley (Welsch) Lawrence. After graduating from Ridgewood High School in 1984, he met Lorie (Bebout) Lawrence and they were […]
High School
CHS hires new boys basketball coach
James Herman was approved as the next head boys basketball coach at Coshocton High School during a special board of education meeting on May 4. Herman is a 1992 graduate of Indian Valley High School and a 1999 graduate of South Wesleyan University where he played basketball and baseball. Herman has more than 230 wins […]
Patterson plans to play basketball at Muskingum
Ridgewood High School senior Dalton Patterson signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Muskingum University this fall. Ridgewood coach Troy Dolick has been Patterson’s varsity basketball coach for the last four years. “Dalton began playing as a freshman, he’s had over 102 career basketball games and scored over 1,000 points for us,” Dolick […]
Masloski plans to continue football career at Muskingum
Kolby Masloski signed a letter of intent to play football at Muskingum University in the fall. “I’ve gone to Ridgewood High School my whole life and I’ve been playing football since about the third grade,” he said. “I want to continue my career at Muskingum and play football every single year that I am there. […]
Coshocton County represented at state wrestling tournament
The 2022 OHSAA State Wrestling Tournament returned to the Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus. The 85th annual tournament featured several area wrestlers. Coshocton was represented by Ethan Dixon in the division three 120 pound weight class. Ridgewood was represented in the division three tournament by Jesse Maple at the 132 pound weight class, and Xavier […]
Ridgewood honored for work on athletic field
Pioneer Athletics announced that Ridgewood High School, maintained by Front & Center Turf, was selected as a winner of the 2021 Fields of Excellence Award. As a winner, Ridgewood High School will receive a certificate of recognition and a Fields of Excellence banner that they can proudly display at their winning field. Pioneer may also […]
RVHS boys 200 free relay wraps up season with trip to state
The River View High School boys 200 free relay wrapped up its season during the state swim meet at CT Brannon auditorium at Canton McKinley. “Preliminaries takes top 24 in the state in Division II to make it,” said Coach Kristina King. “They all swam on Thursday and the top 16 get to swim on Friday, […]
RVHS hires new football coach
The River View Local School District welcomed Thom Lesiecki as its new head football coach. Coach Lesiecki comes from Claymont High School after serving as a head football coach during the 2015-2017 seasons. Coach Lesieski was the offensive coordinator for then Head Coach Eric Henry during the 2019 season. Lesiecki will be a substitute teacher […]
Chess club announces winners
Ridgewood Chess Club just finished up its winter tournament for this year. There were three divisions in the tournament, high school, grades six and seven, and grades four and five. The high school champion was Dakota Kealiher. The sixth and seventh grade division winners were: Third place – Jayke Downing; champion – Jadon Smoulder; second […]