Knight s Newsletter R I V E R R I D G E A T H L E T I C S. O R G January 16, 2018 Let s Get to Work! This week we start the very busy, but very fun transition from Winter to Spring sports. While our swimmers, wrestlers and basketball teams make their final push towards region and state playoffs, baseball, tennis, track, soccer, and lacrosse all get started in the next two weeks with golf around the corner. The temperatures would lead you to believe that we are nowhere close to sitting outside and watching our Spring sports compete, but in a couple of short weeks, we will be out there rooting them on. If you would rather stay inside, we have basketball home this Friday, swimming this Saturday, and several opportunities to see The Crucible this week with performances Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday. Don t forget to spend some time this week thinking about your academic schedule for next school year. We have started the scheduling process, so be sure to think through these important decisions. Edge of the Sword: WINTER SPORTS CLASSROOM CREATIVITY HONORS Check out the great job that Alex Caputo and Madison Farmer did on the basketball hype video River Ridge Basketball Hype Video 2018 https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=q6okj45ifsc
Here is the schedule for the next few weeks... Day Date Event Team V. Girls V. Boys JV Girls JV Boys 9th Boys Wrestling Swim Time Thurs 18-Jan The Crucible 7:00 Fri 19-Jan Basketball Harrison 7:00 8:30 4:00 5:30 The Crucible 7:00 Sat 20-Jan The Crucible 7:00 Swimming County Meet 9:00 Mon 22-Jan The Crucible 7:00 Wed 24-Jan Swimming Senior Meet Fri 26-Jan Basketball Allatoona 7:00 8:30 4:00 5:30 Area Wrestling Creekview Sat 27-Jan Basketball Sequoyah 3:00 4:30 Area Wrestling Creekview Thurs 1-Feb Talent Show 7:00 Friday 2-Feb State Swim GA Tech 9:00 AM Saturday 3-Feb State Swim GA Tech 9:00 AM Region Basketball Monday 5-Feb Thurs 8-Feb State Wrestling Another Great Group of Students... Page 2
Knight s Newsletter Wrestling traveled to Pickens for a tri with Pickens and Cedartown. The Knights faced the Bulldogs of Cedartown first and fell 51-19. Freshman Jake Piccirilli picked up a 14-6 major decision over Cedartown s Zenga at 132. Senior Alex Hewgley collected another pin in the 1st period over Kertpatrick of Cedartown at 138. Freshman Ishmael Abdhur-Rahmaan took a forfeit at 182 to gain 6 points for the Knights. Freshman Camden Cochran picked up a 9-2 decision over Cedartown s Chambers at 285. The Knights would face Pickens in the last match of the evening and fall to them 66-13. Freshman Jake Piccirilli picked up an 8-4 decision over Pickens Davis at 132. Senior Alex Hewgley picked up a 16-3 major decision over Pickens 138. Junior Ryan Loyd would take a forfeit at 145 to secure 6 points for the Knights. The Knights Wrestling has the upcoming weekend off and will travel back to Pickens for the Burnt Mountain Classic which is a 2 day 21 team individual tournament
On the Mat Successful programs do not get started in high school. They start with feeder and developmental programs in elementary and middle school. Our Jr. Raider wrestlers were hard at work this week, and our Jr. Basketball teams played all weekend long.
Off the Blocks Quickly... Fast swimming against 7 teams! RRHS finished 3rd overall with the boys placing 3rd & girls placing 2nd ahead of county rivals Sequoyah & Cherokee! Out of 22 events, RR had 41 top ten finishes and 12 top three finishes. Knights took home 5 event wins: Girls 200 Medley Relay, Boys 200 Freestyle Relay, Girls 200 IM, Girls 100 Breast and Boys 100 Fly. New qualifications for the state championship are: Boys 400 Free Relay and Alex Blankinship in the 200 Free & 100 Fly. Congrats! Swimmers of the week: Patrick Hopkins, Darla Willis & Haley Buuck. The CCSD County Record Board was also updated this wek to reflect some records held by Ridge swimmers...
More Honors Congrats to Brayley Clark and Ragan Martin for being selected as one of the to CCSD's Social Studies Fair winners... 22 first-place winners advancing to the 2018 Northwest Regional Social Studies Fair in March! Our own Kymberly McCalla was selected as a CCSD Student of the Day, and The Tribune did and article on Ashley Hessman and Work-Based Learning. Mr. Ewers does a great job with this program and deserves a ton of credit. cherokeetribune.ga.newsmemory.com/publink.php?shareid
Expectations A smart man once told me that pressure can break a pipe, but it can also make a diamond. The only poll that really matters is at the end of the year, but it s nice to know what is expected. Your Knights baseball team was selected as the pre-season #1 team in the state by the Georgia Dugout Club magazine.
Thing to Do and See You have several chances over the next couple of weeks to see many of our talented students perform. Our drama department will be presenting The Crucible, and our students will have the chance to showcase their talents in our Talent Show. Make some time to come out and support our kids.
Something New for You to Use Our website is a big hit! Coaches are already sending messages, scores, and updates thought the website. Please be sure to take a moment and become familiar with what our website offers. @KnightNation_09 Riverridgeathletics.org