Tonight might be the River Hill Hawks' toughest night on the football field.

It's the 2A South Regional final game and the 11-0 Hawks are playing Frederick Douglass of Prince George's County.

Douglass presents an interesting challenge. The Eagles compiled six shutouts during the regular season, just as River Hill did. The Eagles aren't perfect, like River Hill, but their two losses were by the narrowest of margins, 14-12 at Fort Hill, and 9-6 in a home game against Friendly.

Douglass coach J.C. Pinkney has said his team is peaking at the right time, and last week it upset No. 2 seed North Point, 32-10, and held running back Arlando Scott, who averaged more than 200 yards in each of two previous games, to 23 yards on 13 carries. The entire North Point team rushed for less than 50 total yards. The Douglass defense has given up more than 17 points in a game just once.

All of which should make River Hill wary. And it does. Hawks coach Brian Van Deusen acknowledges Douglass "is a tough program, one of the tougher teams we've played and it is going to be another difficult test."

A positive for River Hill is that its All-County kicker Scott Trench is expected to be back. Trench injured his knee four games ago. And while Amir Shahegh has been an able substitute, there is no denying the additional weaponry Trench brings to the game. In seven games this season, he's kicked off 57 times and the opposing teams have been forced to take touchbacks on half of them.

"We still have to check his leg strength," Van Deusen said earlier this week. "But he's definitely a weapon. It's a big game. And he'll be suited up."