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 basket-

ball home this Friday,

Let’s Get to Work!

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

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, base-

ball, tennis, track, soc-

cer, and lacrosse all

Edge of the Sword:

• WINTER SPORTS

• CLASSROOM CREATIVITY

• HONORS

January 16, 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

swimming this Saturday,

and several opportuni-

ties to see The Crucible

this week with perfor-

mances Thursday, Fri-

day, Saturday and

Monday.

Don’t forget to spend

some time this week

thinking about your aca-

demic schedule for next

school year. We have

started the scheduling

process, so be sure to

think through these im-

portant decisions.

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

Another Great Group of Students...

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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

Monday 5-Feb Region Basket-

ball

Thurs 8-Feb State Wrestling

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

Knight’s Newsletter

‘On the Mat…

Successful programs do not get started in high school. They start with feeder and developmental pro-

grams 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 Se-

quoyah & 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 win-

ners... 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 Hess-

man 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 maga-

zine.

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 show-

case 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 web-

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

@KnightNation_09

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