Wheeling Park is 8-0 against Weir since August of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Wheeling Park Patriots will venture away from home to take on the Weir Red Riders at 6:00 p.m. Wheeling Park is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
Wheeling Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Buckhannon-Upshur, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Wheeling Park was ranked fourth). Wheeling Park put the hurt on Buckhannon-Upshur with a sharp 6-0 win on Saturday. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won four contests by three goals or more so far this season.
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Brenna Tipton scored all six of Wheeling Park's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 22 goals.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Weir, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Steubenville on Saturday, sneaking past 2-1.
The victory made it two in a row for Wheeling Park and bumps their season record up to 7-2-1. As for Weir, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-2-3.
Wheeling Park beat Weir 4-2 when the teams last played back in August of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wheeling Park since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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