Volume 2 Issue 30 February 9, 2024

The Lions Roar
The Lions Roar is Riverwalk Academy's weekly athletic newsletter. Each week we will keep you updated about what is going on in our athletic program. Introduce you to one of our student athletes, and provide you with information that is beneficial to you and your athlete as they strive to improve every day.
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We were excited to recognize our senior athletes and their families before our homecoming game this week. #FearTheRoar

Athletic Director - Richard Ball rball@riverwalkacademy.com


Basketball - Coach Dawson ddawson@riverwalkacademy.com


Cross Country - Coach T. Wilson twilson@riverwalkacademy.com


Cross Country - Coach M. Wilson mwilson@riverwalkacademy.com


Swimming - Coach McConnell smcconnell@riverwalkacademy.com


Volleyball - Coach Burch

mburch@riverwalkacademy.com


JV Volleyball - Coach Tillman

dtillman@riverwalkacademy.com


Track - Coach Washington

lwashington@riverwalkacademy.com


Golf - Coach T. McConnell - tripp@celeritysales.com

Quote of the week...

Today is the most important day of your life.


You may not be failing enough. And that's a big problem. If you want to succeed as you envision, you must start failing more.


Your ego doesn't want you to do this, but every version of success requires it. It's a paradox.


The Paradox of Failure is this: If you don't fail in smaller objectives along the way, you're destined to fail in the bigger goals you're trying to reach.


You can't make every attempt successful. If you're going to achieve anything of substance, you must attempt new or different things that flop.


You can't make every step an improvement. If you're going to advance toward a destination of significance, you must take steps forward that stumble and fall.


The path to massive success is paved with the bricks of minor failures and a few major ones. You must be willing to fail at any and every step along the way to the goals you envision.


Push yourself forward until you fail. Pick yourself up and go again. A little tougher. A little wiser. A little more aware. A little less worried.


You'd be surprised how quickly these little bricks of experience through failure build up to a lot of knowledge and skill that pave the road of progress.


Brick by brick. Do the work.


Brian Kight

E+R=O

Riverwalk Academy will host it's second annual St. Patrick's Day 5K and Fun Run on Saturday, March 16th. This years event will take place at Westminster Park in Rock Hill. The Riverwalk St Patrick’s Day 5K is a fundraiser to benefit the athletic department at Riverwalk Academy.


The 5K race is open to all ages. The top 3 males and top 3 females will receive awards. 


In addition, age group awards will be given to the overall age group winner for the following categories in the 5K:

  • 12 and under
  • 13-19
  • 20-29
  • 30-39
  • 40-49
  • 50-59
  • 60-69
  • 70-99


All finishers of the kids 1 mile fun run (12 and under) will receive a medal. Parents wishing to accompany their kids on the fun run do not need to pay the registration fee. You may run with your child for free. 


Start time for the fun run is at 10:00am

Start time for the 5k is at 11:00am.



Click here to register for 5K


Click here to register for the Fun Run


We are currently looking for sponsors for this event. If you know a company willing to be a sponsor, please share this sponsor package with them.


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.

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 - Carter Fisk

Dance - BT Chedsi



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.

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.




Photos of the Week


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.

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