Knights Newsletter. Our Students Are Awesome... Edge of the Sword:

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1 Knights Newsletter R I V E R R I D G E A T H L E T I C S. O R G April 16, 2018 Our Students Are Awesome... It is real easy to spend our time focusing on negatives. Too often we forget to appreciate and admire the positive things that are happening around us everyday. We have some really great kids in our building, and if you needed proof, you should have been here Friday night. Faith Arthur used her platform with her Senior Project to really do something good in our community. There are more details in the newsletter, but when you get a chance tell her how proud of her we all are. It doesn t end with Faith. I was lucky to be in the cafeteria the other day and see two of our students go out of their way to help a student in need. We can complain about things, tell people how we would do it better, andfocus on negatives. Those are all easy to do. The hard work was done by some of our students this week who worked to make a difference. Edge of the Sword: SPRING SPORTS CLASSROOM CREATIVITY HONORS Team Captains from Friday night. What they lack in skill, they make up in effort...

2 Aces! State-Playoffs are here! Both teams played outstanding tennis this week and finished in 3rd place at the region tournament and move on to state playoffs! Our boys will be traveling to Langston Hughes and girls are headed to Douglas County. I will send specific dates and times once we have them. Be ready for a Spirit Walk! Congratulations to the players and parents, and a special thanks to Coach Pierce and Coach Morris for leading our athletes.

3 Spring Sports Are Here! Please check this schedule weekly since the weather will force many changes. Event Day Event Date Event Time Sport Opponents Location Name Event Mon 4/16/2018 5:30 PM Varsity Boys Soccer Mt Bethel River Ridge HS 7:00 AM Varsity Boys Lax Sequoyah River Ridge Tues 4/17/2018 5:30 PM Varsity Girls Soccer Etowah River Ridge HS 7:30 PM Varsity Boys Soccer Etowah River Ridge HS Wed 4/18/2018 5:55 PM Varsity Boys Lax Creekview HS River Ridge Thur 4/19/2018 7:30 AM Drama We Will Rock You Theater Fri 4/20/2018 5:55 PM Varsity Baseball Dalton HS River Ridge HS 7:30 PM Varsity B. Lax Woodstock River Ridge 7:30 AM Drama We Will Rock You Theater Tennis First Round Saturday 4/21/2018 7:30 AM Drama We Will Rock You Theater Monday 4/23/2018 7:30 AM Drama We Will Rock You Theater Thurs 4/26/2018 Tennis Second Round Fri 4/27/2018 TBD Baseball State TBD Saturday 4/28/2018 TBD Baseball State TBD TBD Track Sectionals TBD Page 3

4 It Takes a Village... It s great to see communities come together, but it is even better when one of our young adults organizes the event. Faith Arthur turned her senior project into a wonderful event to help the Live Like Maddi movement that honors the life and memory of Maddi Phillips. Faith organized a charity basketball game between Woodstock and the Ridge and raised over $800 for Maddi s scholarship fund. We are so proud of Faith and her efforts.

5 Knights Newsletter Baseball kept their winning ways this week, and look to finish up Region play the next week and head into the State Tournament. The team is playing very well as a group, and that group effort is what will carry them through the next few weeks. Connor Pavolony went on a tear offensively as River Ridge went 4-0 claim the IMG National Classic title in Bradenton, Florida. The Tennessee signee went 5-for-9 on the week, with two singles two doubles and a home run. He drove in nine runs, scored two himself and posted a.714 on-base percentage to lead a Knights offense that averaged 9.3 runs per game in wins over Utah s Brighton, Illinois Ridgewood, North Carolina s T.C. Roberson and Florida s Canterbury.

6 Fore!! The weather has finally allowed our boys and girls golf teams to get on the course the last couple of weeks. Our guys pick up their first win of the season! Low rounds were as follows: Eric Sabula- 44 Chase Travis- 44 Carson Baldwin- 47 We are back at it on Monday vs Cherokee at Canton Golf Club. The girls continue to improve with decreasing scores in their last two matches.

7 Knights Newsletter Congratulations to Angelica Millen! Angelica placed 5th in the nation in the Jostens Photography Contest with her photograph Capturing the Moment. The yearbook staff is incredibly proud of you, Angelica! River Ridge is proud of these GHP Finalists! Lilli Dammann for Social Studies, Alica Mazzurra for Communicative Arts, Billie O'Bryant for Social Studies, and Sathvika Narasimhan as an alternate for Engineering A group of our students attended the Spring CTI Leadership Conference at Eagle Watch Page 7

8 Something New for You to Use Don t forget to keep up will all the Knight news you can handle with our athletic web Riverridgeathletics.org

9 Knights Newsletter Senior Night Festivities.. This week we honored track and soccer seniors. Thanks to the parents and athletes for your time, commitment and efforts at River Ridge. Page 9

10 All give some, but some give all... Play in The Faculty game they said, it'll be fun they said... it's all fun and games until you break a wrist. Coach Taylor experienced first-hand (see what I did there), how good the care is at one of our sponsors. The amazing thing is, Coach spent the night at the hospital and showed up at school at 8:00 am Saturday to help with physicals.

11 Knights Newsletter We are gearing up for the SuperHero Run on May 12 th. Your organization can win up to $1,000! The organization or school with the most participation will receive $1000 and the organization or school with second most participation will receive $500! Get out your cape and run, walk, fly, hop, skip, crawl or cartwheel across the finish line with us to raise much needed funds for child abuse prevention & intervention services! Super Fun for the Whole Family at the 6th Annual Cherokee Superhero 5K Run and Fun Run at Etowah River Park in Canton GA. Presented by Amerigroup Health Solutions. The course will start and finish at Etowah River Park and will be run on the paved trails of Etowah River Park and Heritage Park. Fun Run 8AM 5K 8:30AM Awards: Overall Male and Female. 3 deep in standard Male and Female age groups. Shirts and Goodies: All who register by 4/23/18 will be guaranteed a shirt. Those registering after that date and on race day are not guaranteed a shirt or size. Youth sizes will not be available to race day registrants. There will be plenty of refreshments. "Justice is Served" after party with Best Traditional, Most Original & Best Family/Team Costumes contests, food, entertainment, facepainters, bounce house and much more! Register: CLICK HERE to register Results and Timing: Finish line management and results provided by Classic Race Services with results posted to Here s the signup for our First Annual Connor Adams Kickball Tournament. Looks like the teachers are ready to challenge the students. See Ms. Hamilton or an NHS student for sign-up information. Page 11

12 Student Honors Congratulations to the Northwest Atlanta Regional Award Winners! Our River Ridge representatives are Chris Cochran and Andrew Herring. Here are some phots from the latest CCSD Signing Day