Capital peaking for regionals Oct 23, 2006
The Wildcats upset No. 13 Hurricane and No. 7 Winfield to reach the Region 4 semifinals against Point Pleasant at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Ripley High School. The winner will play No. 2 Huntington St. Joseph or No. 1 and defending state champion Parkersburg in the finals Thursday at Erickson All-Sport Facility in Parkersburg. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Slow start doesnt deter Nitro vs. Ripley Oct 21, 2006
Slow start doesnt deter Nitro vs. Ripley ... RIPLEY With an extra week to prepare for the game, Nitro coach Scott Tinsley says his third-ranked Wildcats took advantage of the extra time to perfect their offense for Fridays game at Ripley. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
State scores, game summaries Oct 21, 2006
Saturday Gazette-Mail - Sports. Saturday, October 21, 2006, 4:04am EDT. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
School levies set for voters Oct 21, 2006
Hess, who lives in Ripley, said the cost would be worth it ... The $55 million would pay for a new middle school in Ripley and Ravenswood and upgrades to the elementary schools. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Nitro girls need overtime to top Sissonville Oct 20, 2006
Nitro (14-5-2) moves on to the regional semifinal to play the Region 4 champ, either Hurricane or Winfield, at Ripley on Tuesday. The game progressed past 80 minutes of regulation, 20 minutes of overtime and entered the first of two five-minute sudden-death periods. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Soccer roundup Oct 17, 2006
RIPLEY 6, HOOVER 0: Kayla Phillips scored twice to lead Ripley past Herbert Hoover in a Region 4 Section 1 game. Shayla Miller, Brittany Nelson, Mallory Parsons and Alex West each scored once for the Vikings. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Prep soccer sectionals begin today Oct 16, 2006
On the girls side, Nitro (12-5-2), eighth in the state coaches association rankings, plays host to St. Albans (7-12-0) and Herbert Hoover (1-15-2) visits Ripley (4-14) at 7 p.m. in Region 4 Section 1. In Region 4 Section 3 at Spring Valley High School, Huntington (7-7-4) faces Spring Valley (8-12-0) at 5 p.m. followed by No. 15 Cabell Midland (11-5-3) taking on Huntington St. Joseph (4-11-0) at 7 p.m. Tenth-ranked Parkersburg South (10-6-2) plays host to Ravenswood (1-10-2) at 7 p.m. in Region 4... (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
High school soccer sectionals Oct 16, 2006
Tuesday: Ravenswood at Sissonville, 7 p.m.; Ripley at Point Pleasant, 7 p.m.. Thursday: Winners at Ravenswood, 6 p.m.. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Hurricane stomps Ripley 27-7 Oct 14, 2006
RIPLEY There was no red-zone problem for the Redskins this week. After coming up short on multiple trips inside the 20-yard line a week ago in a 7-3 loss to Nitro, Hurricane converted three big plays into a 27-7 win over Ripley Friday ... Ripley (1-7) answered just over two minutes later, as Logan Martin scored on a 40-yard run to cap a five-play, 55-yard drive. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Prep soccer: No. 9 Winfield boys down Oak Hill 9-1 Oct 13, 2006
RIPLEY 2, SA 0: Junior Ross Felty had both goals for the host Vikings against St. Albans (2-13-1). HURRICANE 0, GW 0: Keeper Connell Green came up with 10 saves for George Washington (11-5-4) while goalie Brian Balsimo made eight stops for the Redskins (11-5-3) in the MSAC fifth-place game at Schoenbaum Stadium. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Righting a wrong turn Oct 13, 2006
Parkersburg followed with 83 and Ripley had 84. (For results, see Page 2B.). (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
HIgh school, middle school cross country Oct 10, 2006
Corey Waybright, Ripley, 20:01; 2 ... Brandi Gandee, Ripley, 25:23; 6 ... Krystle Bailey, Ripley, 25:48; 8. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
AP player of the week Oct 9, 2006
Huntingtons Isaiah Keyes ran 17 times for 190 yards and a score and he also threw a TD pass in a 22-20 win over Ripley. South Charlestons Fabian Payne ran for 193 yards in a 34-20 win over George Washington. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Names in the games Oct 9, 2006
Isner, a 6-foot-2 senior from Ripley, completed 14-of-17 for 199 yards and three TDs lead Charleston to a 28-18 win over Concord. - advertisement. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Huntington hangs on against Ripley Oct 7, 2006
HUNTINGTON Huntington had to withstand a furious second-half rally by Ripley to earn a 22-20 homecoming victory Friday night at Bob Sang Stadium. Ripleys comeback was fueled by senior linebacker/fullback Jared Stalnaker, who single-handedly halted two Highlander drives in the second half ... The most significant stop came in the fourth quarter with Ripley trailing 22-13. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Prep scores, summaries Oct 7, 2006
Huntington 22, Ripley 20. Independence 22, Summers County 6. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Despite loss, SC girls soccer season on the rise Oct 6, 2006
The Black Eagles opened the season with 5-0 and 10-0 victories over Ripley and Riverside, respectively, and then achieved their biggest confidence-builder on Aug. 29 with a 5-3 victory over Woodrow Wilson, a team that whipped them 7-0 last year. That was our turning point, said junior goalie Kinsey Walker, the coachs daughter. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Local one-two punch Sep 29, 2006
Isner, a former standout at Ripley High School, and Culbertson, last years Kennedy Award winner from Nitro High, combined for 310 yards of offense and a pair of touchdowns to lead the Golden Eagles to a 19-17 come-from-behind victory at West Virginia Wesleyan last Saturday. The win helped the Golden Eagles get their season back on track after getting outscored 47-7 in two straight losses. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Culbertson leads UC; State falls Sep 24, 2006
The former Ripley standout also picked up 100 yards on the ground, including a 15-yard scoring run with 5:30 remaining in the first quarter. Golden Eagles sophomore Vince Brown added a 5-yard TD run with 13:58 left in the second quarter as the Golden Eagles cut their deficit to 14-13. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Sissonville girls upset Charleston Catholic 2-0 Sep 22, 2006
GW 7, RIPLEY 0: Kathleen Barber netted three goals for George Washington ... Kayla Phillips had 24 saves for Ripley (2-9) ... GW 3, RIPLEY 0: Yale Tiley, Britton Hopkins and Nick Claudio scored a goal each for the Patriots. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Living Proof speaker comes to town Sep 22, 2006
The Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau is steering people to hotels in Ripley, Beckley, Barboursville and Huntington. - advertisement. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Police chase ends in crash Sep 21, 2006
Brenda Collins of Ripley, a passenger in a truck heading up Bigley, noticed the Jeep just after the impact. I just saw her airborne. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Roundup: Ripley, Grafton, Parkersburg win at cross country meet Sep 17, 2006
Parkersburg won Class AAA boys, Ripley won Class AAA girls and Grafton won Class AA-A girls Saturday at the Chick-fil-A cross country meet in Mineral Wells ... Ashton Clemens (Nitro), Alex Dent (Hurricane), Brandee Gandee (Ripley) and Mary Cunningham (Parkersburg South) finished the top five. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Hurricane takes golf title; WVU sets record in soccer Sep 12, 2006
The Redskins finished with a team score of 305 and were followed by Cabell Midland (308), Parkersburg (313), Huntington (314) and Ripley (319). Capitals Bosten Miller won tournament medalist honors with a 2-over-par 72. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Volleyball Showcase schedule Sep 12, 2006
Court 2 South Charleston, Ripley, Princeton. Court 3 Greenbrier East, Cabell Midland, Wirt. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Prep football schedule Sep 11, 2006
The Charleston Gazette - Sports. Monday, September 11, 2006, 4:03am EDT. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
UC survives Seton Hills comeback effort Sep 3, 2006
UC senior quarterback Corey Isner, a former Ripley High standout who tossed three TDs in the opener, passed for only 78 yards with no TDs or interceptions. For Seton Hill, freshman running back Antwarn Jones dashed for 121 yards on 30 carries with a pair of TDs. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Charleston Distance Run: 5-kilometer results Sep 3, 2006
24 Mitch Carmichael Ripley 19:55 ... 52 William Riddle Ripley 22:04. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Area roundup Sep 1, 2006
Freshmen Cameron Keenan and Brooks Payne supplied the offense for the Redskins (3-2, 2-2) when Brooks assist set up Keenan for the games lone goal as Hurricane blanked Ripley 1-0 in boys soccer Thursday. Hurricanes Brian Balsimo had three saves with Jimmy Hollandsworth snagging eight for Ripley (1-2-2, 2-2). (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Prep soccer roundup Aug 30, 2006
Marshall leads Nitro past Ripley. Matt Marshall scored three goals to pace visiting Nitro to a 5-0 win over Ripley in boys soccer Tuesday ... For Ripley (1-1-2), keeper Jimmy Hollingsworth had 13 stops. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Ripley runs past Point 28-20 Aug 26, 2006
Ripleys Mr. First Half and Mr. Second Half combined for 223 yards and four touchdowns Friday en route to a 28-20 season opening win over Point Pleasant ... I thought Logan and J.J. played very well offensively, said Ripley coach Jimmy Frashier ... Slippery quarterback James Casto broke loose on a 46-yard run to put the Big Blacks in scoring position at the Ripley 2. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Prep football scores, summaries Aug 26, 2006
Ripley 28, Point Pleasant 20. Riverside 37, Woodrow Wilson 14. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Prep soccer: Late goal helps Midland girls tie GW Aug 25, 2006
ST. ALBANS 4, RIPLEY 0: Ella Osbourne and Kayla Gillenwater each scored two goals for the Red Dragons (2-1). Keeper Kayli Carter had one save. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Almost ready Aug 19, 2006
10:30 Ripley vs. Parkersburg. Continue 1. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Bankruptcies Aug 15, 2006
Jay Alan Ripley, Nitro, Chapter 7. $151,559. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Business)
Mineral County FFA Chapter excels at state convention Aug 13, 2006
As a highlight during the State Convention in Ripley the Mineral County chapter was recognized for their accomplishments through a video presentation which highlighted the chapter's activities in community service, cooperation, scholarship, leadership, and local and state and national activities. Mineral County FFA gold emblem chapter application will be furthered by the West Virginia FFA Association to the National FFA Level in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the Chapter will be recognized on... (Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune, WV)
West Virginia Amateur results Aug 4, 2006
Tim Fisher, Ripley 77-77-69-77300. Brandon Reece, Charleston 81-70-71-78300. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Laidley Field schedule Aug 3, 2006
1 Woodrow Wilson vs. Capital, 7:30 p.m.; 2 - Charleston Distance Run, 8 a.m.; 2 Seaton Hill vs. University of Charleston, 1 p.m.; 7 Huntington vs. Capital (freshman), 6 p.m.; 8 Cabell Midland vs. Capital, 7:30 p.m.; 10 Poca vs. Midwestern, 12:30 p.m.; 13 Andrew Jackson vs. Horace Mann, 7 p.m.; 14 Riverside vs. Capital (freshman), 6 p.m.; 15 Ripley vs. George Washington, 7:30 p.m.; 17 Tornado vs. Midwestern, 12:30 p.m.; 20 Sissonville vs. Stonewall Jackson, 7 p.m.; 21 East... (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
West Virginia Amateur results, pairings Aug 3, 2006
Tim Fisher, Ripley 77-77-69223. Christian Brand, Charleston 68-77-78223. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Man charged in murder of Cross Lanes woman Aug 2, 2006
This ol boy got hooked up with her and promised her something to get her to give him a ride to Ripley, the sheriff said. On Friday, loggers working in the Big Run Road area, near Roane County, discovered Adkins nude body. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
87th West Virginia Amateur results, pairings Aug 1, 2006
Tim Fisher, Ripley 38-3977. Stephen Fox, Huntington 39-3877. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Panel changes little in lawyer ad rules Jul 19, 2006
Bar President Rob Fisher of Ripley said he is pleased with the report, but admits it wasnt what he wanted when meetings began. In the May/June edition of The West Virginia Lawyer, Fisher was quoted as saying, Lawyer advertising will be number one on my list. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
W.Va. Art & Craft Fair opens Jul 2, 2006
Sheep farmer and West Virginia University extension agent Ed Smolder demonstrates sheep-shearing at the annual Mountain State Art Fair at Cedar Lakes near Ripley. The animal getting its once-a-year trim Saturday was raised by 4-H member Timmy Reed, 16. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
West Virginia Open scores Jul 1, 2006
Tim Fisher, Ripley 73-73-74220. Craig Berner, Charleston 74-73-74221. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
West Virginia Open scores, tee-times Jun 30, 2006
Tim Fisher, Ripley 73-73146 ... Kevin Groves, Ripley 80-73153. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
W.Va. Open scores, tee-times Jun 29, 2006
Tim Fisher, Ripley 37-3673. Aaron Gizzi, Morgantown 39-3574. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
West Virginia Open tee times Jun 28, 2006
9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Tim Fisher, Ripley; Barry Evans, Charleston; Craig Berner, Charleston. 12 p.m.-7:30 a.m.: Steve VanHorn, Morgantown; Brandon Reece, Charleston; Anthony Reale, Glenville. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Youth baseball Jun 22, 2006
Sissonville 15, Ripley #2 7. Top hitters Siss: Harding 3-4, Lauchart 3-4, Hissmon 3-4, Moore 3-4. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Mitch Vingle Jun 21, 2006
And he mentioned a team camp in Ripley. A lot of schools in Columbus were impressed, Buttrey said. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
A native son's sacrifice honored May 30, 2006
Richard E. "Ripley" Marcks II, 58, of Allentown, Pa. has attended about 15 military funerals with the Patriot Guard Riders and served as ride captain and organizer for the gathering at the service for Lieutenant Seidel. (SunSpot.net)
Errors costly for St. Albans May 26, 2006
RIPLEY As Rick Whitman agonized over his St. Albans teams 5-4 loss Thursday to Cabell Midland, he didnt realize the most painful aspect of getting oh-so-close to the state baseball tournament. He didnt realize Midland left Viking Field with the Class AAA Region 4 championship without producing an earned run. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
SC, SA, Buffalo play for state baseball berths tonight May 25, 2006
SC meets Woodrow Wilson at East Bank and SA takes on Cabell Midland at Ripley in Class AAA, while Buffalo tackles Matewan at Wayne in Class A in tonights regional finals, all set for 6:30. The winners advance to Appalachian Power Park for the state semifinals. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
SA rallies past Ripley into region final May 24, 2006
Say what you want about St. Albans rally from a 5-0 deficit Tuesday against Ripley, but at least the game-winning run was unaided ... In a grim irony for the Vikings, St. Albans (20-12) heads to Ripley High for the region championship, playing Cabell Midland at 6:30 p.m. Thursday for a state tournament berth ... After Ripley frittered away its lead and the game went to extra innings, Stephen Edens knocked in T.J. Fisher with the go-ahead run. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Baseball regional pairings, results, boxes May 23, 2006
St. Albans vs. Ripley, 6:30 p.m. ... At Ripley High School. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
SA seeks to reverse recent history May 23, 2006
St. Albans coach Rick Whitman would rather not play history buff again as his team prepares to meet Ripley in the Class AAA Region 4 semifinals tonight at Sneed Field in Nitro ... Whitman knows his Red Dragons beat the Vikings during the regular season each of the past two years, only to get knocked off by Ripley in the regionals ... St. Albans (19-12) was able to get past state-ranked Nitro to win its best-of-three sectional, while Ripley ousted both Parkersburg and Parkersburg South. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
State Mid-Am semifinals set May 21, 2006
Fox, of Huntington, downed 2005 West Virginia Amateur champion Tim Fisher of Ripley 5 and 3, then downed Jamie Whitt of Barboursville 3 and 2 in the quarterfinals. Payne knocked off Steve Van Horn of Morgantown 2 and 1 and Tim Dyer of Clarksburg 1-up. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Wait over for diamond girls May 18, 2006
In other Class AAA finals tonight, unranked East Fairmont (22-8) faces No. 10 John Marshall (18-2) in Region 1 at Wheeling Park High, unranked Lewis County (23-5-1) tackles No. 4 Musselman (27-4) in Region 2 at Hedgesville High and No. 8 Parkersburg South (16-15), which eliminated top-ranked St. Albans, plays No. 5 Spring Valley (26-6), which upset defending state champion Cabell Midland, in Region 4 at Ripley High. (For complete regional pairings, see Page 2B.). (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Prep track: girls state meet qualifiers May 17, 2006
98; Chelsea Knotts, Ripley 2:24. 58; Heather Saffel, Elkins 2:25. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Track teams begin regionals this week May 8, 2006
Nitro, St. Albans and Hurricane join Cabell Midland, Spring Valley, Huntington, Ripley, Parkersburg and Parkersburg South in this field. The top four finishers in each event at the regional level qualify for the state meet May 19-20 at Laidley Field. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Baseball sectional tourneys start today May 8, 2006
Todays games feature George Washington at South Charleston and Parkersburg at Ripley in Class AAA, Sissonville at Herbert Hoover and Sherman at Poca in Class AA and St. Joe at Wahama and a doubleheader at Tug Valley in Class A.. Williamson takes on Matewan in the first game at Tug, followed by the host Panthers against Burch. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Scoreboard: MSAC track results May 6, 2006
Saturday Gazette-Mail - Sports. At 3:54 AM in Charleston, West Virginia. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Defending girls champ out of tennis regionals May 5, 2006
Other teams are Nitro, St. Albans, Hurricane, Huntington, Cabell Midland, Spring Valley, Parkersburg South and Ripley. The AAA Region 3 tournament gets under way at the same time at Kanawha City Community Center with defending boys champion GW joined by Capital, Riverside, Woodrow Wilson, Greenbrier East, Princeton and South Charleston. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Scoreboard: Prep baseball, prep softball; prep track; college baseball May 5, 2006
Ripley 002 201 0 6 8 2 ... Top hitters Ripley: Mossor double; Barnard 2-4; Ullom 2-2 ... Thursday: Parkersburg South 5, Parkersburg 0; Parkersburg 3, Ripley 2. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
MSAC track meet runs today May 5, 2006
Among the top athletes on the boys side are Woodrow Wilson sprinter Marquel Ali, Ripley distance runner Corey Waybright, South Charlestons sprint relay teams, Midlands shuttle hurdles unit, SC shot putter Brandon Reinhart (50-2) and St. Albans pole vaulter Jeremy James (13-9). More Sports. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Prep softball sectionals begin today May 4, 2006
Eighth-ranked Parkersburg South faces Parkersburg at 4:30 p.m. at Godbey Field in Parkersburg in Region 4 Section 2 followed by Ripley taking on the loser at 6:30 p.m. The teams come back for games at 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Friday. - advertisement. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)