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 at home against the Prospect Knights at 7:30 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
While Wheeling's win against Maine East wasn't quite the blowout they won the last time the pair played, they still came away the winners. Wheeling had just enough and edged Maine East out 17-14. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Prospect). They blew past Evanston 49-29 on Friday.
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 matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Wheeling was down 44-0.
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