The Wheeling Park Patriots will head out on the road to square off against the Musselman Applemen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Wheeling Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Spring Mills, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Wheeling Park was ranked tenth). Wheeling Park had to suffer through a 27-0 loss at the hands of Spring Mills. Having soared to a lofty 35 points in the game before, the Patriots' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Even if they lost, Wheeling Park's defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Jayden Woods-Davis was especially locked on to Spring Mills' QB and sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Musselman lost to Loudoun Valley on the road by a 35-21 margin on Friday. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Applemen came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 35th in West Virginia, while the Vikings are ranked 89th in Virginia).
Wheeling Park's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Musselman, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Wheeling Park came up short against Musselman when the teams last played back in November of 2022, falling 28-23. Can Wheeling Park avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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