Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wheeling Park). They walked away with a 49-36 win over the Talawanda Brave on Friday. The Patriots pushed the score to 42-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Brave cut but never quite recovered from.
It was another big night for Brennan Wack, who rushed for 271 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.4 yards per carry. The team also got some help courtesy of Jay Bordas, who threw for 257 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
Wheeling Park is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 31.0 points per game. As for Talawanda, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-7.
Wheeling Park will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against John Marshall at 7:00 p.m. on November 8th. John Marshall is coming into the match with three straight victories on the road, so Wheeling Park will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. Talawanda has already played their next contest, a 49-7 loss against Tippecanoe on the 1st.
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