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 look to defend their home field against the Prospect Knights at 7:30 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
While Wheeling's victory against Maine East wasn't quite the blowout they won the last time the pair played, they still came away the winners. Wheeling skirted past Maine East 17-14. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
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.
Wheeling's win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-2. As for Prospect, the victory also got them back to even at 2-2.
Wheeling was dealt a bruising 44-7 defeat at the hands of Prospect in their previous matchup 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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