The Wheeling Park Patriots will face off against the Spring Mills Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Spring Mills is hoping to do what John Marshall couldn't on Friday: put an end to Wheeling Park's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Wheeling Park secured a 35-30 W over John Marshall. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia football rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Monarchs are ranked 48th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Brennan Wack continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 302 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.4 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Wheeling Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 306 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Wheeling Park didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jed Hunley and Nolan Yanchak.
Meanwhile, while Spring Mills put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Hedgesville. Spring Mills took their match with ease, bagging a 33-0 victory over Hedgesville. The result was nothing new for the Cardinals, who have now won six contests by 27 points or more so far this season.
Spring Mills has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 6-5 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 32.7 points. As for Wheeling Park, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-3.
Wheeling Park took a serious blow against Spring Mills in their previous meeting back in September, falling 27-0. Can Wheeling Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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