Century football coach Terry Shermeyer has no doubts about what he and his 10th-ranked team are getting into tonight when they take on No. 1 River Hill in the Class 2A state semifinal.

"River Hill is a huge test," said Shermeyer, whose team is 12-0, just like River Hill. "They have all kinds of athletes. It's a big, big test. Our toughest assignment will be to stop No. 5."

No. 5 is Michael Campanaro, who has run for 1,704 yards on 186 carries. No one has stopped him yet. But Shermeyer said he has a couple of good inside linebackers that he will direct to keep the plays to the inside.

"We just have to try to contain them," Shermeyer said. "And then we have to try to score. They're very dangerous on offense and they've only given up 40 total points on defense."

Shermeyer didn't look that upset by the prospect. He's a coach who relishes a good challenge, which is stated with an exclamation point when you look at the way he has brought the Knights along over the past four seasons.

From a losing team to a .500 team to its first winning record -- which has turned out to be a perfect record -- so far.

"Our strength is our offense," he said. "We're going to play our game. We have a balanced offense, running and passing. We may need some extra pass protection, but it's too late to put in something new."

Century's leading rusher is Cory Anderlik, who has run for 1,139 yards on 183 carries, and it's best all-around athlete is Luke Wright, the second leading rusher, the top receiver, top kickoff returner and second-leading scorer.

"No one has wanted to kick to him all season," said Shermeyer. "Teams have been kicking short to keep it away from him and we've had great field position because of it. But I don't expect that to be the case in this game. River Hill has a lot of good, fast athletes on its coverage team, so, again, we'll just have to see how it plays out."