Mingo Central locked up a Class AA playoff berth with a 50-6 road win over Chapmanville at Barker Stadium on Friday night.
The Miners improved to 7-2 and will close out the regular season against Mount View (1-7) at Buck Harless Stadium on Friday night.
Running back Dylan Vance rushed for two touchdowns and quarterback Chris Ross tossed three scoring passes, including a pair to Malaki Sheppard. Ross finished with 286 yards.
Sheppard had four catches for 133 yards. He also returned an interception 52 yards for a touchdown.
Aiden Burke added a TD catch and returned a punt 76 yards to paydirt.
Chapmanville, now 4-5, will host Man (7-2) on Friday. Kickoff is 7 pm.
At Chapmanville
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
MC (7-2)…..8 28 14 0 – 50
CR (4-5)……0 0 0 6 – 6
Scoring:
First Quarter
MC – Dylan Vance, 7-yard run (Aiden Burke run), 4:57
Second Quarter
MC – Dylan Vance, 53-yard run (Malaki Sheppard pass from Chris Ross), 10:36
MC – Aiden Burke, 61-yard pass from Chris Ross (Malaki Sheppard pass from Chris Ross), 3:27
MC – Aiden Burke, 76-yard punt return (conversion failed), 2:02
MC – Malaki Sheppard, 52-yard INT (conversion failed), 1:12
Third Quarter
MC – Malaki Sheppard, 4-yard pass from Chris Ross (conversion failed), 8:05
MC – Malaki Sheppard, 77-yard pass from Chris Ross (Nathan Hynd run), 3:07
Fourth Quarter
CR – Austin Killen, 1-yard run (no conversion), :00
Next up: Mingo Central (7-2) vs. Mount View (1-7); Chapmanville (4-5) vs. Man (7-2), 7 pm, Nov. 3.