The Hedgesville Eagles will square off against the Hoover Huskies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hedgesville has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with six straight defeats, while Hoover will come in with eight straight victories.
Hedgesville is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Morgantown on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Hedgesville was dealt a 45-7 loss at the hands of Morgantown. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 61st, while the Mohigans are ranked 16th).
Meanwhile, Hoover won against Ripley last Friday with 56 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Hoover simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Elkins 56-7. Considering the Huskies have won five contests by more than 27 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Hedgesville's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Hoover, they pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Hedgesville might still be hurting after the 41-15 loss they got from Hoover in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Hedgesville was down 28-8.
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