By Brent Osborne for WVMetroNews.com
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Riverside catapulted itself back into the playoff discussion on Friday night with a 28-27 overtime win on the road over Morgantown.
The Warriors (4-4), who got the ball second in overtime, went for the win with a two-point conversion as quarterback Mark Scites took it in for the score on a trick-play pitch back.
“I couldn’t be more proud of our young men,” said Riverside coach Zach Davis. “We continued to fight and got a big win for our program. This has been a process with our program after starting 0-10 in my first year. We’ve continued to climb, get better and fight.”
Scites threw for 292 yards in the win.
“We knew from the beginning that we were going to go for two and try to get the big win,” Scites said. “We saw the (two-point conversion) play on Monday Night Football from the Chicago Bears.
“We knew we could pass the ball (on Morgantown) and I couldn’t do it without my receivers or my line,” he continued. “I give them all of the credit in the world. Anything can happen – and we showed that tonight.”
Morgantown dropped to 4-4 with the loss.
Highlights are posted at the top of the page with radio calls from Dave Wilson on WAJR-AM in Morgantown.