Wheeling Park is 7-1 against Buckhannon-Upshur since September of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Wheeling Park Patriots will head out on the road to face off against the Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneers at 10:00 a.m. Wheeling Park is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.6 goals per game this season.
Wheeling Park will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Tuesday, then bounced right back against John Marshall on Thursday. Everything went Wheeling Park's way against John Marshall as Wheeling Park made off with a 7-3 victory. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 7-0.
Wheeling Park's offense was hitting John Marshall from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Meanwhile, Buckhannon-Upshur faced Lincoln in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Buckhannon-Upshur had just enough and edged Lincoln out 4-3. Winning may never get old, but the Buccaneers sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Wheeling Park pushed their record up to 6-2-1 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Buckhannon-Upshur, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
Everything went Wheeling Park's way against Buckhannon-Upshur in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as Wheeling Park made off with a 5-0 win. 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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