Riverheads' schedule is indeed odd for this new two-year cycle. They only have to make one road trip out of the county and that is not until the next-to-last game of the season when they play Central Woodstock in a non-district game. Their district road games are at SD, Lee, BG, and Wilson, which means they host Stonewall, Page, Luray and East Rock.
This will mean less than capacity crowds for most of the home games, even though the Luray and East Rock games are shaping up to be good ones with possible bearings on the district title. Then considering how well the Gladiators travel, the above host schools will benefit from better-than-average gates.
When next year rolls around, everything will be reversed and the Gladiators will get to host those same four neighboring schools (along with Central) so the home games will be awesome, bu we will have to travel more than the average amount for a regular season. Of course it will inevitable that this time next year, someone will forget all about this year and cry the blues because the Gladiators are getting to host all their county rivals.