Football Preview: Wheeling Wildcats vs. Elk Grove Grenadiers
The Wheeling Wildcats will face off against the Elk Grove Grenadiers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Wheeling's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Prospect on Friday. They were beaten by the Knights 42-0. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Knights recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 55-7, which was the final score in Elk Grove's tilt against Hersey on Friday. The Grenadiers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 41-7.
Wheeling now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Elk Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
Wheeling was taken down by Elk Grove 35-6 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Elk Grove's Daniel Pasterski, who threw for 144 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 74 yards on only eight carries. Now that Wheeling knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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