Football Preview: Wheeling Wildcats vs. Prospect Knights
Wheeling is 2-8 against Prospect since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Wheeling Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Prospect Knights at 7:30 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Wheeling is returning home triumphant after the team finally put their road woes behind them against Maine East on Friday. Wheeling narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Maine East 17-14.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Prospect). They were the clear victor by a 49-29 margin over Evanston on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
Wheeling's victory ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-2. As for Prospect, the win also got them back to even at 2-2.
Wheeling was taken down by Prospect 44-7 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Wheeling was down 44-0.
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