Football Recap: Wheeling Park Patriots vs. Huntington Highlanders
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Wheeling Park can now relate to. They fell 51-39 to the Huntington Highlanders on Friday. The Patriots' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Despite the loss, Wheeling Park still got an impressive performance from Brennan Wack, who rushed for 342 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 8.6 yards per carry. Those 342 rushing yards gave Wack a new career-high. Another pass catcher making a difference was Owen Dobrzynski-Hines, who gained 104 total yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, Wheeling Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 384 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Wheeling Park's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-4. As for Huntington, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-1.
Wheeling Park does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Huntington, they will head out on the road to challenge Martinsburg at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Huntington knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past ten matchups -- so hopefully Martinsburg likes a good challenge.
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