West Virginia High School Basketball - Fairmont Senior edges Elkins
January 11, 2023: Fairmont, WV 26554 The Fairmont Senior Polar Bears (Fairmont, WV) basketball nipped the visiting Elkins Tigers (Elkins, WV), 43-37 in Wednesday's league test.
The Polar Bears (2-8) will now prepare for their test against Buckhannon-Upshur (Buckhannon, WV). The Buccaneers go into the Big Ten test with a 7-3 record. In their last test, Buckhannon-Upshur got by Liberty (Clarksburg, WV), 67-41, in a league test.
The Tigers now own a 6-5 record. They play next when they travel to Robert C. Byrd for a Big Ten test on Saturday, January 14. Elkins will encounter a Eagles squad coming off a 61-53 league loss to Lewis County (Weston, WV). The Eagles record now stands at 7-3.