It’s just week two of the high school football season in West Virginia, but something has to give on Friday night at Memorial Stadium when Ripley entertains Winfield. Both teams fell in their respective season openers of 2010. So obviously, 1-1 is a whole lot prettier than 0-2.
Two teams fresh off season-opening wins will battle in an early season Class AA showdown for “The Anvil (the new Red Devils-Dots rivalry trophy)” Friday night a Flinn Field.
With starting/experienced players returning for 2010, Ravenswood’s Red Devilette volleyball team is looking to turn around their first losing season (22-24) in 11 years and advance deep into the post season.
The Ripley Lady Viking volleyball season opener will be held next week against Parkersburg South High School at Parkersburg South.
An aggressive South Parkersburg offense and early Viking turnovers put the Patriots ahead of the Vikings 43-16 Friday at the Erickson All-Sports Facility.
Senior linebacker Jonas Jelich scooped up a Herbert Hoover fumble caused by Kyle Griffith and raced 17 yards for a touchdown 20 seconds into the second half and Ravenswood fed the Huskies a bruising dose of Chad Small in the fourth quarter to take a 23-8 win in the teams’ season opener Friday night at Falling Rock.
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When it comes to the Ripley-Parkersburg South series, the two schools are getting set to meet in a third different venue.
Two 2009 play-off teams who run the spread offense will tangle in the season opener Friday night when the Herbert Hoover Huskies host the Ravenswood Red Devils. The fireworks ignite at 7:30 p.m.
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The Ripley Vikings overcame the Lincoln Panthers but fell to the Cabell-Midland Knights this weekend at the Mountain State Athletic Conference’s Grid-O-Rama scrimmage showcase at Laidley Field.
Opening Saturday’s matchups on the second day of the 16-team showcase, Ripley won 14-6 against Lincoln during a 9 a.m. game. Cabell-Midland’s Knights kept the Vikings at bay, however, in the Vike’s second scrimmage of the day. Cabell came out ahead 34-14.
Parkersburg High School came away with the win last week when its golfers met with those from Ripley and Ravenswood at Greenhills Country Club.
Both of the games played by the Ripley boys’ soccer team this weekend were decided by a margin of one goal.
The first, against Capital Friday night at Memorial Stadium in Ripley, worked out 1-0 in the Vikings’ favor. The second, against Greenbrier East Saturday afternoon at Greenbrier, left the Vikings behind 3-2.
In the game against Capital, Jesse Casto scored the game-winning goal with 8:45 to go in the game. The score came off a throw in from Logan Welling, said Coach Tim Ross.
After preseason scrimmages with Poca and Robert C. Byrd, the Lady Red Devils open their regular season at Pikeview Saturday (11 a.m.), host Pt. Pleasant in their home opener at Eastwood Tuesday at 6 p.m. and host South Harrison Thursday at 5 p.m. in the opening game of a soccer doubleheader.
Savana Whiting’s recent trip to the Amateur Athletic Union’s Junior Olympic Games was productive.
The senior track-and-field standout and cross country runner placed 49th in the young women’s 100-meter hurdles and 27th in the pole vault.
The Ripley Lady Viking soccer team opens its season at 6:30 p.m. on August 24 at home against Riverside High School.
The Red Devils open their regular season at Pikeview Saturday (1 p.m.) and play at St. Marys Tuesday at 5 p.m. Their home opener at Eastwood is Thursday at 7 p.m. versus South Harrison—the nightcap of a soccer doubleheader.
There was plenty to be proud of in the soccer season of 2009 for the Ripley Vikings
For starters, Ripley’s win total improved nine games from the campaign of 2008.
The Vikings were ranked throughout the season, at one point climbing to ninth. And while it was a loss, in sectional play the Vikings had eventual state champion Parkersburg on the brink of elimination before falling in a shootout.
