Football Preview: Wheeling Central Catholic Maroon Knights vs. Williamstown Yellowjackets
The Wheeling Central Catholic Maroon Knights will face off against the Williamstown Yellowjackets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Wheeling Central Catholic lost to Fort Frye at home by a 38-19 margin. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Maroon Knights came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 36th in West Virginia, while the Cadets are ranked 321st in Ohio).
Wheeling Central Catholic might have lost, but man, Max Olejasz was a machine: he picked up 124 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Olejasz got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 73 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Seth Cover, who threw for 174 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 passes.
Meanwhile, Williamstown came tearing into Friday's game with 15 straight wins dating back to last season (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 39 points) and they left with even more momentum. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Knights 49-0 on the road. The Yellowjackets pushed the score to 43-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights had no chance of recovering from.
Wheeling Central Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Williamstown, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Wheeling Central Catholic took a serious blow against Williamstown in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, falling 65-21. Thankfully for Wheeling Central Catholic, Maxwell Molessa (who rushed for 241 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 46 yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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