Marietta High School is serving as a host school for students participating in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs SportsUnited Program. This is a cultural exchange opportunity for high school basketball athletes in the United States and Turkey. SportsUnited will bring 14 high school basketball players, one coach and one youth trainer from Turkey to take part in a two-week that runs through Nov. 12. They travel first to Washington D.C. then to Marietta and the metro region.