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Champs
By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com
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The Riverwood High School Raiders boys basketball team and Class 6A champions stand with Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul March 21 on the stage at the City Green. Head coach Buck Jenkins, right center, said the team overcame adversity throughout the season to bring home the school’s first state championship in basketball.
City celebrates state champions By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs officials invited players, coaches, and supporters of four local high schools to the “City of Champions” celebration March 22. The first event of its kind on the City Green at 1 Galambos Way came together to honor the outstanding performances of boys and girls teams during the Georgia High School Association winter sport championships. Cheerleaders from Riverwood, Mount
Vernon and Holy Innocents’ warmed up the crowd with high-energy displays of school spirit. After victories in the basketball state championships March 6-9 at the Macon Centreplex, the celebration honored the girls team from Marist and the boys teams from Mount Vernon and Riverwood. Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul joined councilmembers to present five teams with congratulatory plaques at the afternoon event. Paul said Riverwood administrators reached out to the city about a potential
celebration after the school won its first state championship in boys basketball. He said officials he learned about all the other champions in the city and surrounding areas, the celebration expanded. “I don’t believe this will be the last one of these we do,” Paul said. “Both the public high schools and the private schools here are excellent in academics, and they are proving that they’re excellent in athletics.” While Marist is in neighboring
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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — The Morgan Falls Connector, one of the first installments of the Sandy Springs Master Trail Plan, has hit a few snags, or rocks to be specific. At the March 19 City Council meeting, city officials discussed a fourth change order related to 2A Trail, a 1.88-mile segment that runs over Orkin Lake. When completed, the 2A Trail will connect Morgan Falls Overlook Park on the Chattahoochee River to Roswell Road at Cimarron Parkway. Recreation and Parks Director Brent Walker said contractors encountered issues during the drilling process for the 2,933-foot-long boardwalk last July.
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From left, Mayor Rusty Paul and Councilwoman Jody Reichel discuss cost increases related to the Morgan Falls Connector over Orkin Lake.