The next several weeks are very crucial for the Twin Valley Panthers in their chase for a spot in the Class 1, Region D playoffs. Coming into this past Friday’s interstate matchup with the East Ridge Warriors, the Panthers were on the outside looking in. 48 minutes of football later, the Panthers achieved a critical win on homecoming night over there 2A opponents by a final score of 48-28.
It did not take long for the Panthers to get the action started as only three minuted into the contest, Brandon Lester took the pigskin in from five yards out. … Read the rest Panthers defeat East Ridge on homecoming
The next several weeks are very crucial for the Twin Valley Panthers in their chase for a spot in the Class 1, Region D playoffs. Coming into this past Friday’s interstate matchup with the East Ridge Warriors, the Panthers were on the outside looking in. 48 minutes of football later, the Panthers achieved a critical win on homecoming night over there 2A opponents by a final score of 48-28.
It did not take long for the Panthers to get the action started as only three minuted into the contest, Brandon Lester took the pigskin in from five yards out. … Read the rest Categories:
It’s no secret that the Ridgeview Wolfpack have one of the most explosive offenses in all of the Coalfield Sports coverage area. What many folks are now realizing is that the Pack also have a pesky defense. A week after causing four turnovers against the Lee High Generals, the Pack were able to create four more against the Gate City Blue Devils on Friday night. The Pack came out of Gate City with a 35-7 victory on homecoming night at Legion Field.… 
The Ridgeview Wolfpack’s Carson Sykes had a game to remember in week five against the Lee High Generals at Five Star Stadium in Ben Hur. Sykes was all over the gridiron making plays. Sykes finished the Mountain 7 contest with three tackles, a fumble recovery and three interceptions. The outstanding breakthrough performance earned Sykes the CoalfieldSports.com Defensive Player of the Week award for week five.
“I felt honored just to be nominated, but to actually win it I feel very happy, humbled, and proud,” said a jubilant Sykes.… 
Heading into Friday night’s Mountain 7 District clash with the Lee High Generals, most folks wondered if the Wolfpack would have a letdown after defeating the Union Bears the week before. 48 minutes later, the Wolfpack delivered an emphatic answer with a 49-7 thrashing of the Generals in Ben Hur.
The Generals received the opening kickoff and were forced to go three and out and punt the ball away. The Wolfpack didn’t take long to get the scoring started on the evening. … 
Ridgeview Wolfpack (4-0, 2-0 M7)
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Lee High Generals(2-2, 0-0 M7)
When: Friday, September 21 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Five Star Stadium, Ben Hur, Va.
Series all time: Lee High leads 2-1 (Last meeting Ridgeview defeated Lee High 30-27 on September 22, 2017 in Rose Ridge, Va.)
Coming off the biggest win in school history, the Ridgeview Wolfpack must now regain focus and move forward building on to the success of what has been achieved thus far. … 
The football field in the small Buchanan County community of Oakwood that hosts Twin Valley High School games is sometimes referred to as the “House that Roger Rife built.” The legendary coach of the Garden Green Dragons nearly won a state title in 1986 behind his stout defense.
Those Garden Green Dragons eventually consolidated with fellow Buchanan County compatriot Whitewood in 2001 to form Twin Valley High School. Even though Garden and coach Rife were known for their defense, Twin Valley’s offense led by Brandon Lester that was the star attraction at the show Thursday night.… 
Coming into Friday night’s Mountain 7 District showdown with Union, junior linebacker Alijah Sproles was brimming with confidence. “They (Union) better be ready,” said an excited Sproles after the victory over Wise Central last Friday. “We will be.”
The Wolfpack were indeed ready. In a masterful defensive performance that would make some of coach Rick Mullins’ Clintwood teams of days gone by proud, the Wolfpack defeated the perennial power Union, 27-14.… 
Ridgeview Wolfpack (3-0, 1-0 M7)
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Union Bears (3-0, 0-0 M7)
When: Friday, September 14 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: The Ridge, Rose Ridge, Va.
Series all time: Union leads 3-0 (Last meeting Union defeated Ridgeview 34-19 on September 15, 2017 in Big Stone Gap, Va.)
It is being billed as “The Showdown on Rose Ridge.” It certainly looks to be a matchup of epic proportions when the Union Bears travel Friday night to take on the Ridgeview Wolfpack. … 
