 Roosevelt 's teams are known as the Rough Riders , owing to the school 's namesake Theodore Roosevelt , and the school colors are red , white , and black . As of 2013 , Roosevelt fields 28 varsity athletic teams , the most recent addition being the girls golf team , which became a varsity sport in August 2013 after two years as a club . Previously , girls who wanted to play golf could compete as individuals on the boys ' team . There are additional teams in most sports at the junior varsity level as well as a few sports that have freshman @-@ only teams . All teams except the golf , ice hockey , and bowling have their home games in facilities on the Roosevelt campus . Ice hockey home games are held in the Kent State University Ice Arena , boys golf plays their home matches at Oak Knolls Golf Course just north of the Roosevelt campus , girls golf uses the Fairways of Twin Lakes , and the bowling teams have home matches at the Kent Lanes bowling alley . 
