The following article was shared by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.   On a recent Saturday morning, Children’s Athletic Trainer Whitley Witherspoon walked into the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) High School Basketball tournament—having no idea that, just 30 minutes into the first game, she would save a child’s life. Whitley spends most of her time caring

Karris Bilal was named AAAAAA Freshman of the Year. Congratulations to Karris and all of the 6A players who were recognized. https://sandysspiel.com/2020-21-ghsa-boys-basketball-all-state-honors/ Photo courtesy: Kirk Duncan

It’s National Athletic Training Month, and Riverwood has the best trainers around! Please take a minute to thank our Athletic Trainers for their work to support our student-athletes. Riverwood has enjoyed working with the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) Sports Medicine Program to provide treatment and prevention of injuries for our athletes. In 2019, due

Boys Basketball heads to Chattahoochee to play Sequoyah tonight in the Region Tourney. Wish them luck, Go Raiders!

Good luck to our Girls & Boys Varsity Teams playing in the Region Basketball Tournament this week!

Congratulations Karris Bilal, Jonathan Brown, Jayla Green & Lizzie McGrath! Region 7 AAAAAA All-Region recognitions.  

Our Boys Basketball Team celebrated Senior Night last night. Congratulations to: Antonio Armstrong #11 Jonathan Brown #23 Riley Cooper #0 Mat Fluker #5 Braxton Tucker #1 Alphonso Wyatt #2 See the entire photo album from last night’s game here: https://riverwoodathletics.com/photos/boys-basketball-senior-night-1-09-21-thank-you-to-kirk-duncan-for-the-photos

This week’s Hot Shot Teacher of the Week is Riverwood Science Teacher, Lucia “Junie” James-Smith! Mrs. James teaches Physics, Anatomy, and IB Sports Exercise and Health Science. Our student-athletes are honoring teachers who have made an impact on them INSIDE the classroom. Congrats to Mrs. James-Smith for her enthusiasm and support of our students.  

This week’s Hot Shot Teacher of the Week is Riverwood Language Arts Teacher & Faculty Coordinator for the Raider Writing Center, Christy Toledano! According to Coach Graybeck, “Our players had so many great things to say about Mrs. Toledano. Thank you for being an amazing teacher to our athletes and all of Riverwood.” Our student-athletes

Boys Varsity Basketball with a double-digit win against Creekview tonight! 80-64!