Beeters, meet Spudders.
Yup, we’ve headed about 800 west from Chinook MT to Ridgefield WA, as well as subbing out sugar beets for potatoes as we go.
Don’t need to explain potatoes to you. Suffice it to say that Ridgefield is in the middle of a big potato-growing region.
This city of 10,300 is on the Columbia River, just downstream from Portland, OR. Its main claim to fame seems to be its being where U-Haul got its start. It’s also got important Native American (Chinook!) ties, as well as associations with Lewis and Clark. The city dates back only to 1909.
The high school is just a year or two younger than the town. Currently, it has 730 students.
Athletics must be popular, as 75% of the school’s Wikipedia page is dedicated to it. Among all those words, I could count only five state championships though. The article’s mostly given over to sixth-place finishes and sharing details like this, for the girls soccer team: “Ridgefield goalkeeper Gabriela Semlick made two saves in the PK shootout, including the fourth attempt when the senior tipped a shot up that bounced off the cross bar and out.”
As for the mascot, he gets pretty short shrift. Even so, USA Today has him down as the best mascot in the state. He’s also in the ESPN Mascot Hall of Fame, and has been featured on Letterman.
BTW, one of RHS’s feeder schools, Union Ridge Elementary, are know as the Tater Tots.
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