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This Weeks Events

Monday, January 29 - Basketball @ UR Academy (middle) - 4:30

Monday, January 29 - Basketball vs CA Johnson (varsity) - 6:30

Thursday, February 1 - Basketball vs Providence Classical (middle) - 5:00

Thursday, February 1 - Basketball @ Great Falls (Varsity) - 7:00

Saturday, February 3 - Spirit Night at the Charlotte Checkers - 6:00

Ticket Information

Click here to purchase tickets in advance for home games

UR Academy - Tickets are $5 at the door (cash or card)



Great Falls - https://gofan.co/event/1265759?schoolId=SC933

The South Carolina High School League is partnering with Dick’s Sporting Goods on a special sales weekend. This Friday thru Sunday, January 26-28, everyone is eligible to save 20% on a purchase at any Dick’s Sporting Goods location across the state. 

Click here for the coupon.

Golf Information meeting

There will be an information meeting for any student and parent interested in participating in golf on Tuesday, January 30, at 4:00 in the Mrs. Sheek's room on the main campus. 10th - 12th graders can drop in and see Mrs. McConnell at the York Tech campus.

Student Leadership

SCHSL Captains Council and Student Leadership Summit - The South Carolina High School League hosts Virtual Sports Captains Workshop's and Leadership Summit's throughout the year. I encourage all of our athletes to watch the following videos:

Fall Captains Council video



Winter Captains Council video

Student Leadership Summit



NFHS Courses for students - The NFHS has released three courses and two in particular are for our student leaders. Dan Schuster, NFHS director of educational services stated, “We believe these courses will bring value to those who take them and will contribute to improving the interscholastic experience for young people.” The courses are called “Becoming a Leader” and “Leading Others”. Each course uses real student testimonies and focuses on building stronger student leaders.

Click the link below to access the courses.

Becoming a Leader

Leading Others

Health Summit

The SCHSL presented a Health Summit on October 26. The Summit is geared to help our student-athletes with their mental wellness and healthy habits.

The speakers gave student-athletes tools and strategies that they can use, to balance their life and schedules, maintain their emotions during times of high stress, and how to ask for support when they are struggling to stay balanced. The objective is to help students with time. Please click the here to watch the video.

Riverwalk Athletics Spirit Night

Riverwalk Academy is hosting a spirit night at Bojangles' Coliseum on February 3 at 6:00. Join us to cheer on The Charlotte Checkers as they take on The Providence Bruins! Tickets are just $20, with $5 from every ticket purchased going directly back to the school. Click here to purchase your tickets.

Jersey Mike's Above and Beyond Player's of the Week

In an effort to increase recognition of our student athletes, we have teamed up with Jersey Mike's to recognize our student athletes that have gone above and beyond what is expected of them. These student athletes will receive a certificate and a coupon for Jersey Mike's.

This weeks Above and Beyond Player's of the week are:

Basketball - Levi Staton

Basketball - Joshua Cunupp

Dance - Emma Cabe

Do you want to play sports at the next level

It is never to early to start preparing to play at the next level. In addition to having the athletic ability, you also need to be prepared academically. Click here to learn what steps you should be taking.

Athletic Stickers

Looking for a way to show off your school pride? We have stickers available for purchase on the school store for $5.00.

Athletic Fees

Athletic fees can be paid in the school store. These must be paid before your student competes in an athletic competition. Fees are used to help offset all costs associated with running an athletic program (League dues, uniforms, official costs, transportation, rental fees, etc.). Please reach out to Mr. Ball if you have any questions or need assistance.

Spring Sports

Our spring athletic programs are right around the corner. If you are interested in participating in Track & Field or Golf it is important that you go ahead and get your athletic physical and upload all require documents in planetHS. Directions for creating an account in planetHS and the athletic physical can be found in the links below. In order for a student to be eligible for athletics in the second semester they must meet academic requirements based on the first semester of the 2023-24 school year. If you have ay questions, please contact Mr. Ball at rball@riverwalkacademy.com.

Directions for planetHS

Athletic Physical

Save The Date

Riverwalk Academy will host its first Homecoming game on Monday, February 5, when our varsity basketball team hosts the Governors School for Science and Math. In addition, we will recognize our 23-24 senior athletes before the game.

Box Out Bad Behavior

The South Carolina High School League (SCHSL) has teamed up with the National

Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) for the Bench Bad Behavior

Initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to put a spotlight on promoting positive behavior

in coaches, student-athletes, and fans to aid in the retention of our high school sports

officials so that our student-athletes can play and participate in the sports they love.



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Corporate Sponsors

The Riverwalk BSN Sideline Store is always open! Click here to purchase shirts, shorts, hats, and other accessories!

VARSITY LETTERS

Student athletes that are part of a varsity team before the first competition and remain with the team throughout the year will earn a varsity letter.

Letterman jackets can be purchased through Jostens.

Click here for the sizing chart.

The basic letterman's jacket for Riverwalk Academy has already been designed and can be found on the website. From there you can customize the jacket to fit your taste.