Most high school athletes

will not compete on the

college level, so this is a

very real reminder that

this part of their life is

coming to a close. Par-

ents also realize that

being someone's number

one fan from the bleach-

ers is also done. Senior

night does a great job

of bringing the good

memories back and re-

minding us all how im-

portant athletics are to

the high school experi-

ence.

Sr. Night, and Final Push Towards State

*creative work at the scorers table

Edge of the Sword:

• WINTER SPORTS

• CLASSROOM CREATIVITY

• HONORS

January 28, 2018

R I V E R R I D G E A T H L E T I C S . O R G

Knight’s Newsletter

We are in the home

stretch with Winter

sports. Many of our

swimmers will be head-

ed to GA Tech this

weekend for the State

Meet, two wrestlers will

compete for a chance to

head to the State Tour-

nament, and basketball

is getting ready for the

Region Tournament.

Meet us in the halls

Wednesday morning as

we send off our swim-

mers with a Spirit Walk.

They deserve it!

I Love Senior Night. No

matter how the year is

going, the athletes,

coaches and families get

together and enjoy cele-

brating the time and ef-

fort that everybody put

in to the development of

our young men and

women over the last four

years. High school sen-

iors will often act like this

night is no big deal, but

their emotion always

says otherwise.

Here is the schedule for the next few weeks...

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Sprit Walk for Swimming Wednesday morning before1st Period!

Day Date Event Team V. Girls V. Boys JV Girls JV Boys 9th Boys Wrestling Swim Time

Wed 31-Jan Basketball 5:30 7:00

Thurs 1-Feb Talent Show 7:00

Friday 2-Feb State Swim GA Tech 9:00 AM

Sectional Wres-

tling Lanier 4:00

Saturday 3-Feb State Swim GA Tech 9:00 AM

Sectional Wres-

tling Lanier 9:00

CCSD Tech Fair 9:00

Monday 5-Feb Region Basket-

ball TBD

Tuesday 6-Fed Region Basket-

ball TBD

Wed 7-Feb Region Basket-

ball TBD

Thurs 8-Feb State Wrestling TBD

Friday 9-Fed Region Basket-

ball TBD

Girls Soccer 5:30

Sat 10-Feb Region Basket-

ball TBD

Knight’s Newsletter

Our Area Traditional Wrestling Tournament was this weekend. Wrestlers compete by weight class with a chance to advance to the Sectional Tournament. Congratulations to Alex Hewgley on his 4th place finish at 138, and to Jake Piccirilli for his 3rd place finish at 132. Both Wrestlers advance to Sectionals this weekend with a chance to make it to the State Tournament

The Knights swam fast against 12 other teams! Out of 19 events, RR brought home 12 top ten finish-

es! There were 6 top three finishes and a BIG event win in the mixed 200 yard medley 8×25 re-

lay! Congrats to Heath Roper, Maddy Rogers, Dylan Banker, Sarah Brown, Katie Hopkins, Macken-

zee Craig, James Kenly & Alex Blankinship!

We also had a big night on Senior Night! Girls placed 1st and boys placed 2nd to send off the seniors with 1st overall! Maddy Rogers qualified for state in the 50 Free – congrats! Good luck to all the swim team seniors in their future endeavors!

Spirit Walk!

Join us Wednesday morning at 8:00 as we celebrate the accomplishments of our State Qualifiers for

Swimming. We will take a tour around the main level of the building so you can all come out and

congratulate these young men and women and their coaches.

Dylan Banker

John Biddiscombe

Ginny Beeler

Alex Blankenship

Sarah Brown

Chris Cochran

Mackenzee Craig

Brock Edwards

Katie Hopkins

James Kenly

Madeline Rogers

Mackenzie Stulak

Harrison Travis

Heath Roper

Jay Cookson

Natalie Waldo

Darla Willis

Tavyn Smith

Hoops…

Early in the week, our Lady Knights escaped Sequoyah’s War Lodge with a 54-48 win over the She-

Chiefs. Savannah Samuels led all scorers with 30, 23 of those coming after halftime. The win was a

total team effort with excellent defense and rebounding coming from all parts of the team. Lady

Knights were back in action for Senior Knight at home vs Allatoona Friday. The Lady Knights coast-

ed to a 57-30 win on Senior Knight at The Ridge. Senior Faith Arthur, led the way with 20 points. Sa-

vannah Samuels added 17.

Our boys keep fighting and came up 1 point short in a big rivalry game Saturday night against Se-quoyah. You have a chance Wednesday to come out and see both our teams.

More Sr. Night Pics…

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site. Please be sure to take a moment and become familiar with what our website offers. For best re-

sults with the platform, please use Chrome as your browser.

@KnightNation_09

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We Have Great Kids…Not only did we get to enjoy a couple of Senior Nights, but we had

our Athlete of the Month breakfast and two more college signees!

Congratulations to Branson Bowling and Natalie Waldo for signing with Chattanooga St for baseball

and Sweet Briar College for swimming. We are proud of both of you.

Congratulations to our Athletes of the Month. I always enjoy listening to their advice and ideas to help our pro-

gram.

Girls Basketball-Savannah Samuel

Wrestling -Alex Hewgley

Swim -Alex Pierce &Heath Roper

Boys Basketball- Chris Williams

Cheer- Melanie Brooks