Note: The Chambersburg Athletics Hall of Fame will induct its second class of seven athletes, one coach, one relay team, plus one team, on Friday, Sept. 12 at halftime of the football game against Harrisburg. Stories about each inductee and the teams will be published periodically before that date.
Hall of Fame – Angie Rideout Lowe
Angie Rideout Lowe was an outstanding three-sport athlete at Chambersburg and a two-sport star in college at Kutztown University, leaving her marks all over the record books at the two schools.
What made her great were her superior jumping skills, which she put to good use in volleyball, basketball and track & field.
Angie Rideout Lowe was a three-sport athlete in the mid-1990s for Chambersburg, exceling in track & field.
Rideout is one of the inductees in the second class of the Chambersburg Athletics Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame celebration will be held Sept. 12-13, and the inductees – 8 individuals, one relay team and one championship team – will be celebrated at halftime of the football game on Friday night at Trojan Stadium.
The other members of the second class include Garett Hammond (wrestling); Chris Clever (track & field, basketball); Lori Reese (field hockey, basketball, softball); Ben Gabler (tennis); Harvey Staver (coach); Donald “Mike” Waters (legacy); Doug Walter (cross country, track & field); the 4 x 400 relay team of Beth Muehl, JuliAnn Hopkins Morrell, Tammy McClanahan Allen and Rebecca Davis from 1990; and the 1984 baseball team that captured a PIAA state championship.
Stories about each athlete or team will be published from now until the end of the summer.
In high school, Rideout first stood out in track & field as a sophomore in 1994 in the high jump. She was first at the Mid Penn Conference meet, first at the District 3 championships and earned a silver medal at the PIAA Championships. She hit a mark of 5-6 at states — she and D-Dee Cooley share the school record at that height — while Becky Kaza of Punxsutawney won at 5-7.5.
She spread her skills out in her junior season, placing first at Mid Penns in the 100 hurdles and second in the high jump and triple jump, and was fifth in the district meet in the high jump.
In her final season, 1996, Rideout got even busier. At Mid Penns, she took first in the high jump and triple jump, third in the long jump and fifth in the 100 hurdles. At districts, she medaled in the triple jump (1st), high jump (3rd) and long jump (8th).
In the PIAA event, Rideout earned two medals — 4th in the high jump and 5th in the triple jump.
She set a school record in the triple jump (which has since been passed by Marshay Ryan), and set a school record for varsity points scored in a season. She was also the first CASHS girls high jumper to compete at the Penn Relays.
During the fall, Rideout played on the Trojan volleyball team, and in her last two years they put together records of 20-5 and 18-5. She was a Mid Penn first-team all-star and a District 3 second-team all-star, as well as making the PA Volleyball Coaches Association All-State team.
Rideout played center for the basketball team, which won a Mid Penn Commonwealth title. She was the team’s best defensive player for two years and led Chambersburg in rebounds and blocked shots as a junior.
“My parents, Mike and Vicki Rideout, spent countless hours of driving and being in the stands and providing me with additional coaching, so I could follow my dreams,” Rideout said. “Also, the community support was amazing — we had the best fans.”
At Kutztown, Rideout’s standout career was recognized when she was voted into the Kutztown University Hall of Fame in 2009.
In volleyball, she ended her career with school-record totals for kills (1,016), blocks (477) and solo blocks (241), as well as blocks in a season (176 in 1996) and solo blocks in a season (101 in 1996). She has since been passed in kills and blocks.
Rideout was named to the All-PSAC second team in 1996 and 1997, and to the first team in 1998 and 1999.
She had a big year in track & field in 1997 as a freshman, helping the Golden Bears to a PSAC team title by winning the triple jump and placing second in the high jump.
Rideout was named the team’s Female Rookie of the Year in 1997 and the Senior Female Athlete of the Year in 2000.
— By Ed Gotwals
NOTE: The Chambersburg Athletics Hall of Fame committee has an opening for one more person, preferably a female. Anyone interested in helping can contact Hall of Fame chairman Corey Dayley at trojanhof@gmail.com.