This week, St. Albans is packing up and heading on the road for the first time this season. It faces off against Ripley on Friday at 7:00 PM. With the two teams stumbling in off of losses, both Ripley and St. Albans will be hungry for the win.
There's no need to mince words: St. Albans lost to Spring Valley last week, and it lost bad. The score wound up at 70 - 14. The blowout was painful but not necessarily a surprise as Spring Valley is ranked 5th in the state, many places higher than St. Albans. As for Ripley, it was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap last week as it fell 7 - 3 to Riverside. The team got a solid performance out of sophomore running back Robert Evans; it just wasn't enough for the win.
The losses dropped Ripley and St. Albans to an identical 1-2. We'll see which team manages to turn its luck around when they battle it out this week.
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