After two games on the road, West Liberty-Salem is heading back home. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers takes on the Fairbanks Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
West Liberty-Salem is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Triad, posting a 49-8 victory on the road. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 211th, while the Cardinals are ranked 636th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Fairbanks entered their tilt with West Jefferson on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They really took it to the Roughriders for the full four quarters, racking up a 69-35 win at home. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Panthers had established a 21 point advantage.
West Liberty-Salem pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Fairbanks, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
Everything came up roses for West Liberty-Salem against Fairbanks in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 55-0 victory. Does West Liberty-Salem have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fairbanks turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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