The Righetti-Santa Ynez Northern Santa Barbara County football rivalry is a prominent one on the Central Coast.

For the first time in recent memory, the teams will be facing off against each other for a share of a league title.

In the regular season finale for both, Righetti and Santa Ynez will go at it at Santa Ynez's Rio Memorial Field Friday at 7 p.m. The winner will be the Sunset League co-champion along with the San Luis Obispo-Atascadero winner. San Luis Obispo and Atascadero will face each other at the same time the Righetti-Santa Ynez game is scheduled to kick off.

The visiting Warriors are 3-6 overall, but Righetti has looked like a different team since league play began. The home-standing Pirates are 6-3 overall. Righetti and Santa Ynez are both 2-1 in the Sunset League.

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