Football Preview: Fairmont Senior Polar Bears vs. Elkins Tigers
Fairmont Senior has gone 10-0 against Elkins recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Fairmont Senior Polar Bears are taking a road trip to square off against the Elkins Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Fairmont Senior will be coming into the contest with an undefeated record on the line.
Fairmont Senior is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Wheeling Park, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Fairmont Senior was ranked fourth). Everything went Fairmont Senior's way against Wheeling Park on Friday as Fairmont Senior made off with a 34-14 win. The 34-point effort marked the Polar Bears' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Elkins unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of North Marion by a score of 22-20. The defeat continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Huskies: they've now lost nine in a row.
Fairmont Senior pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Elkins, their loss dropped their record down to 5-2.
Everything came up roses for Fairmont Senior against Elkins in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 42-8 win. Will Fairmont Senior repeat their success, or does Elkins have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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