Ravenswood won on its rival’s home court for a second straight game.
 

In 2009 Ravenswood High School was honored with the Charleston Gazette’s GEISA Award (Gazette Excellence in Sports Award) for scoring the most points among state school athletics for reaching a state tournament in six separate sports for the 2008-2009 school year.
 

After dropping their third straight game for the first time all year and not since the close of the 2007-2008, the Ripley Vikings basketball squad rebounded with back to back wins edging Ravenswood, 50-48, to close out their regular season schedule, and icing the Big Reds in the first round of sectionals Monday night, 70-60.
 

As Yogi Berra said, “It’s like déjà vu all over again.”
Tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. in The Pit, Ravenswood’s Red Devilettes (16-5) will take on the Weir Red Riders (14-8) in the Region 1 championship game with a berth in next week’s West Virginia Girls’ Class AA Basketball Tournament on the line.
 

Ripley High senior stand-out Alannah Sheets calmly sank a free throw with no time left on the clock of a two overtime thriller to propel the Lady Vikings past George Washington in Tuesday (February 23) night’s Region III, Section 1 semi-final match-up in Charleston.

On the heels of their first back-to-back losses since late December, the Ripley Vikings suffered a third straight on their home court to the visiting Huntington Highlanders last Wednesday, 73-64, on a night they wished their seniors a fond farewell.
 

There were few fingernails left inside the Roane County High School gym Friday night. Most were chewed down to the quick.
 

Ripley crowned two individual state champions—Adam Bicak (152) and David Hicks (215), placed a total of nine wrestlers and finished as State Class AAA Runners-Up at the 2010 West Virginia State Wrestling Tournament last weekend at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington.
 

A ten-day layoff may have hindered the Ripley Vikings more so than helped, dropping their second game of the season to Winfield on Monday night, 79-71.
 

With March Madness on the horizon, coaches are always hopeful their team will be tested right before tournament time arrives.
 

Fresh off their Class AAA Region 3 championship at Lewis County, Coach Jason Scott’s #2-ranked Ripley Vikings are in Huntington today (Thursday) to begin their quest for the 2010 state wrestling championship against the state’s best wrestlers including the #1-ranked Parkersburg South Patriots who they have chased all season.
 

Ravenswood’s Red Devilettes unleashed a record-setting three-point rain of fire Tuesday night at Roane County High School that torched Pt. Pleasant in the opening game of the Class AA Region 1, Section 2 Tournament. When the smoke had cleared, the #4-ranked Devilettes had incinerated the Lady Knights 69-27 to advance to Friday night’s sectional championship game.

With last week’s split of their final regular season games (a narrow loss at Huntington; a solid win at Sissonville), Ripley High will head into Wednesday night’s Region 3, Section 1 post season girl’s basketball showdown at George Washington with a 2009-2010 resume of 15 wins and seven losses.
 

Coach Chris Michael’s Class AA #4-ranked Ravenswood Red Devilettes (14-5) sent their lone senior—co-captain Rebekah Samples—out of the regular season on winning notes Thursday and Saturday, capturing their 13th and 14th wins. And not to be denied, Samples herself had a strong hand in both victories—50-32 over Roane County Thursday and 59-23 over Pt. Pleasant Saturday—both Region 1, Section 2 opponents.
 

It may have been for third place, but Ravenswood’s Red Devils approached their matchup with Gilmer County Saturday night as if they were playing for the Little Kanawha Conference championship.