What a way to start off the final weekend of the high schoolfootball regular season.
Kanawha County rivals Capital (7-2) and Riverside (7-2) meet at7:30 tonight at Warrior Stadium in Quincy in a game that willdetermine which of the two schools will be able to play at home inthe first round of the Class AAA playoffs.
The Warriors are ranked eighth and Capital ninth in the SSACplayoff ratings. The top eight teams play at home in the firstround.
Regardless of a pending state Supreme Court ruling on aninjunction reversing Martinsburg early season forfeits, tonight'sloser will be on the road in the first round.
The Bulldogs are currently atop the Class AAA ratings, but couldslip into the second division if two forfeits are restored.
Capital and Riverside have implemented share-the-wealth offensiveschemes this season, relying more on defensive play than any trueoffensive stars to put them in position for a playoff run.
The running back duo of freshman Keion Wright and senior JermereHall leads the Cougars with 885 total yards and seven touchdowns.Wright has 445 yards and five scores.
Senior quarterback Chuckie Erby leads Riverside in both rushingand passing. Erby has run for 495 yards and 10 touchdowns whilecompleting 63 of 123 passes for 1,064 yards and eight touchdowns.
Capital quarterback Malik Witten is 79-of-129 through the air for1,053 yards and TDs and only four interceptions.
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