Ritenour High School is a

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in Breckenridge Hills, St. Louis County,

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that is part of the

Ritenour School District Ritenour School District is a school district located in St. Louis County, Missouri. The school district serves parts or all of Overland, St. John, St. Ann, Edmundson, Breckenridge Hills, Woodson Terrace, Sycamore Hills, and Vinita Park ...

Activities

For the 2013–2014 school year, the school offered 25 activities approved by the

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(MSHSAA): baseball, boys and girls basketball, sideline cheerleading, boys and girls cross country, dance team, 11-man football, boys and girls golf, music activities, boys and girls soccer, softball, speech and debate, boys and girls swimming and diving, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls track and field, boys and girls volleyball, and wrestling.MSHSAA: Ritenour
/ref> In addition to its MSHSAA-sanctioned activities, the school offers students an opportunity to participate in a variety of school-sponsored clubs. The school also maintains the only fully operational high school radio station in Missouri. Ritenour students have won several state championships, including: *Baseball: 1957, 1966, 1967 *Boys track and field: 1985, 1989 *Wrestling: 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1974 Ritenour High School is one of two high schools in the St. Louis Area to operate its own functional radio station, KRHS 90.1 FM.

Alumni

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References

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