Richlands High School (Richlands, Virginia)

Richlands High School is located in Richlands, Virginia in Tazewell County. Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's AA Southwest District in Region IV.

Richlands High School
Address
138 Tornado Alley

Cedar Bluff
,
Virginia
24609

 United States 37°5′33.7″N 81°46′36.8″W
Information
School typePublic high school
School districtTazewell County Public Schools
PrincipalKim Ringstaff
Grades9–12
Enrollment692 (2017–18)[1]
LanguageEnglish
Color(s)Navy & White          
MascotBlue Tornado
Rival SchoolsTazewell High School
Graham High School
Athletic ConferenceSouthwest District
Region IV
WebsiteOfficial Site

Academics
  • The 2006 History TCAC (Tazewell County Academic Competition) team won their competition.
  • The 2007 Science TCAC team tied with the Tazewell Team (4–2) but in the end Tazewell had more points giving them the trophy.

Athletic championships

The Richlands Blue Tornados have won two different VHSL AA State Championships and numerous Regional and District Championships in a variety of sports.

The Richlands Football team had posted an outstanding 33 game regular season win streak lasting from the 2004 season to the '07 season and 3 state championship game appearances. With 2 undefeated regular seasons in that time period, along with the "Perfect Storm" of 14–0 in the 2006 campaign culminating in a state championship, they have been marked with much recent success.

Their major rivals are Tazewell High School, Union High School and Graham High School.

Trophies are awarded in both the Tazewell and Union games.

Richlands and Tazewell play for the Emats Cup.

Richlands and Union play for the Victory Bell.

State Football Champions 1992 & 2006

State Softball Champions 1995, 1996 & 2019

Marching band

The Richlands High School Blue Tornado Band has won many awards including overall best band at the AT&T Cotton Bowl and 14 time Virginia Honor Band titles. The Band has also participated in 2 of Philadelphia's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Inaugural Parades of multiple Virginia Governors.

Yearbook

The Tornado yearbook has won several honors in past years. The 2009 "Taking the World by Storm" book won a first place VHSL Award and Taylor Publishing National Yearbook Honorable Mention. The 2010 "Notorious" book also won a first place VHSL Award.

Notable alumni
  • Mike Compton – American football center for the Detroit Lions and the New England Patriots.[2]
  • Matt McGlothlin – an undrafted Free Agent for the Kansas City Chiefs.
  • Richard Cranwell – Chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia
  • Sandra Whitt, Colonel, US Army Retired. 1st woman to command a battalion at Ft. Jackson, SC (1983–85); 1st woman to command the US Army Troop Support Agency European Commissary Region (1990–91).
  • William P. Liddle – USS Liddle DE-206/APD-60 of the US Navy was named in honor of Pharamict's Mate Third Class William P. Liddle (1919–1942) who was killed in action while serving with the 1st Marine Division during the Battle of Guadalcanal August 1942, Liddle was posthumously awarded the Silver Star.
  • William Blankenship – Retired US Army Sargeant Major; Member of US Army Markmanship Team. Winner of six national championships and four world championship for pistol shooting.

References
  1. "Richlands High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  2. "Michael Eugene Compton". databaseBasketball.com. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2012.


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