Soccer Preview: Wheeling Park vs. Cabell Midland
Wheeling Park is on a seven-game streak of home wins, while Cabell Midland is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Wheeling Park Patriots and the Cabell Midland Knights are set to duel on Saturday. Cabell Midland took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Wheeling Park, who comes in off a win.
Wheeling Park's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They came out on top against Linsly by a score of 2-0. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked third, while the Cadets are ranked 32nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tresz Mcleod was the driving force of Wheeling Park's attack as he scored both of Wheeling Park's goals, bringing his season total up to 26 goals.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Cabell Midland was not quite Huntington's equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell just short of the Highlanders by a score of 1-0. The Knights' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Wheeling Park has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. As for Cabell Midland, their loss dropped their record down to 8-2-3.
Everything went Wheeling Park's way against Cabell Midland in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Wheeling Park made off with a 5-0 win. Will Wheeling Park repeat their success, or does Cabell Midland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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