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Fossil Ridge High School is a secondary school located in north Fort Worth, Texas. It is the second high school of the Keller Independent School District. The original building for the school was built in 1995 for 9th and 10th graders, but followed with an expansion in 1997 to 1998 that was open to 11th and 12th graders as well.
The current principal of the school is Todd Tunnell. Assistant principals include Dustin Blank, Todd Lacey, Rachel Roberts, Anna King, and Sandy Troudt.
The school mascot is a panther and the school colors are black and gold. Its crossdistrict rival is Keller High School and the two schools compete annually in various events but most notably, the annual football game/canned food drive. The Panthers play at the Keller Sports Complex, which includes an artificial turf field, and sits directly across the street from Keller High School. There has been speculation of a newer sports complex possibly to be built between Fossil Ridge and the newest school to the district, Central High School. The school also contains a theater, two gymnasiums, a library, and a cafeteria. The majority of Fossil Hill Middle School, and a partial amount of students from Trinity Springs Middle School students feed into Fossil Ridge High School.
Alma Mater
"Hail To Fossil Ridge"
Fossil Ridge, our alma mater,
we are proud to call our own.
From the lessons learned,
to the vic'tries earned,
Fossil Ridge is all alone.
Standing tall on the horizon,
we will hold your colors high.
Panthers, proud and bold,
black and gold.
Hail to Fossil Ridge!
Athletics
Sports played at Fossil Ridge include, but are not limited to:
- Football
- Baseball
- Softball
- Track and field
- Volleyball
- Tennis
- Golf
- Basketball
- Soccer
- Swimming and diving
- Ice hockey (district team)
- Bowling
- Rodeo
Extracurricular Activities
The school's extracurricular choices include, but not limited to:
- Band & Colorguard ("Panther Regiment")
- Theatre ("Dramatic Paws")
- Choir ("Panthers -N- Harmony")
- Cheerleading
- Drill Team ("Sun Dancers")
- Academic Decathlon
- Art
- Forensics and Debate
- Photography
- Yearbook ("Impressions")
- Literary Journalism ("The R")
- Broadcast Journalism ("Ridge TV", formerly "Fossil Ridge Live")
- Ready, Set, Teach (a course directed towards recruiting future educators)
- Spirit Team ("Stray Cats")
- Student Council
- A various array of subject-specific clubs (i.e. Spanish Club).
Football
The current head coach of the football program at Fossil Ridge is Hal Wasson. Fossil Ridge currently has two Freshmen teams (Black and Gold), two Junior Varsity teams (Black and Gold), and a Varsity team.
The football team year annually competes in a rivalry football match against district rivals, Keller High School, in what is arguably considered one of the best high school rivalries in the DFW metroplex. Recently, the 2006 match-up received video coverage that was featured online from sources such as the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and KXAS NBC 5. Although in the past, where these matches usually had playoff stipulations on the line, recently they are now simply about bragging rights for the fact that Keller remains ranked at Class AAAAA while Fossil Ridge has dropped to Class AAAA for the 2006 and 2007 seasons. The current record between the two schools is 5-4 in Fossil Ridge's favor.
The Panthers are currently the 6-4A District Champions.
| 2006 Fossil Ridge Varsity Football Schedule | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Record: 10 - 2 Overall, 6 - 0 District | ||||
| # | Date | Opponent | District Game | Result |
| 1 | September 1 | Rowlett | No | W 35 - 13 |
| 2 | September 7 (Thurs) | @ Irving | No | W 41 - 7 |
| 3 | September 15 | @ Keller | No | W 52 - 31 |
| 4 | September 22 | Flower Mound | No | L 16 - 28 |
| 5 | September 29 | @ Springtown | Yes | W 41 - 33 |
| 6 | October 13 | Saginaw | Yes | W 52 - 6 |
| 7 | October 20 | @ Brewer | Yes | W 56 - 21 |
| 8 | October 27 | Azle | Yes | W 44 - 9 |
| 9 | November 3 | @ Boswell | Yes | W 52 - 35 |
| 10 | November 9 (Thurs) | Birdville | Yes | W 42 - 28 |
| 11 | November 17 (Fri) | Denton Ryan | Playoff - Bi-District | W 24 - 22 |
| 12 | November 24 (Fri) | Aledo | Playoff - Regional | L 3 - 26 |
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Marching Band & Colorguard
The Fossil Ridge Panther Regiment is an award-winning marching band and colorguard with a UIL Division 1 ranking for the 12th consecutive year. The current directors are Brian Pollard, Mike Sisco, Mike Littlejohn, and Travis Prudhomme.
For further information, check out the external link below.
Notable Achievements
2006-2007
Fossil Ridge Panther Regiment
UTA Drum Major Camp
- Overall Grand Champions (4th time in 5 years.)
- Outstanding Veteran Drum Major
- 2nd Place Individual Rookie Drum Major
Crowley Drumline and Colorguard Competition
- Grand Champions in Colorguard (2nd consecutive year.)
- Best in Class in Colorguard
- Best Choreography in Colorguard
- 2nd Place in Drumline
Midlothian Marching Showcase
- Best in Class
- Best Colorguard
- Best Percussion
- 2nd Place Overall
Birdville Marching Festival
- Best in Class (4A)
- Outstanding Colorguard (4A)
- Outstanding Percussion (4A)
- Outstanding General Effect (4A)
UIL Marching Competition
- Division I Ranking (12th consecutive year since the school's opening.)
HEB Marching Festival
- 2nd Place Overall
Aledo "Unleash The Sound" Marching Festival
- Outstanding Drum Majors
- Outstanding Percussion
- Division I Ranking
- 3rd Place Overall
Lone Star Drumline Competition
- Most Creative Show
- 5th Overall
Varsity Football
- District 6-4A Champions.
- Undefeated in District Play.
- Advanced to 2nd round of playoffs.
2005-2006
- The Panther Regiment Colorguard and Drumline are each named Grand Champion at the Crowley Competition in 2005.
- Varsity Football makes areas playoffs in District 5-5A but loses to the would-be champions, Trinity High School of Euless, TX ending the season with a 5-2 record in district play, and a 6-5 record overall.
- Varsity Girl's Basketball wins the District 5-5A championships for the 2nd year in a row but loses to Duncanville High School of Duncanville, TX in the first match of area playoffs.
- Varsity Boy's Soccer makes area playoffs but loses to Marcus High School of Flower Mound, TX in the first match.
- One Act Play wins various awards with its show, "The Angelina Project" and after competing at the state competition in Austin, placed third.
- The 2006 Senior Class received over $4.4 million in scholarship offers.
Notable Alumni
Notable alumni of Fossil Ridge High School include:
- M. Graeme Bice, was a student when Fossil Ridge first opened, he then graduated from Midwestern State University, and currently works for the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs at the Bath House Cultural Center on White Rock Lake, where he serves as the Theatre Programs Coordinator and Technical Director. He is also the founder of the Old Bicen Projects. He is the older brother of Jesse Colin Bice. Graduated Class of 1998.
- Matt Flegel, a student at Fossil Ridge when it first opened in 95-96 graduated from Texas Christian University and now currently teaches at Fossil Ridge in the Technology department and maintains the school website; Class of 1998.
- Michael DePriest, American football player, starting for Texas Christian University; Class of 2002.
- Eric Walz, the first Fossil Ridge graduate to attend an Ivy League school. Walz graduated with many academic and athletic achievements and went to Princeton University; Class of 2003.
- Jesse Colin Bice, a current senior, a candidate for Justice of the Peace for the November 2006 elections and a former two-time "American Idol" contestant; Class of 2007.
External links
- Official School Website
- Panther Pride Athletics Booster Club
- Fossil Ridge Panther Regiment
- Keller Independent School District Website