Rye Cove holds strong for a half but can’t match Rappahannock’s speed

Rye Cove holds strong for a half but can’t match Rappahannock’s speed

Rappahannock High School’s football team came to Salem with a hydroelectric offense fueled by some devastating potential energy. For the first half of the Virginia High School League Class 1 state championship game, Rye Cove High’s defense was a solid wall of protection from any oncoming spillover. A tiny crack, just enough to start a trickle, formed early in the third quarter. Then the whole dam broke. Rappahannock hit the team from Scott Count…