The level of contentment with the new Region 8-AA varies greatly from school to school. Riverside Military Academy athletic director Marc Paglia is fairly happy with the draw his school has in the new eight-team region since it is located about an hour from the two schools at the far north of the region (Rabun County and Union County), and less than two hours from the two at the southern tip (Greene County and Washington-Wilkes). Paglia added that he feels Riverside Military will be more competitive athletically, even though they are moving up in the current two-year cycle after spending the past two years in Class A. “I think it’s going to work out better for us here at Riverside Military,” Paglia said.