The Linsly Cadets will take on the Barnesville Shamrocks at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
Linsly is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Morgantown, who was ranked first at the time (Linsly was ranked 16th). Linsly was outmatched by Morgantown and fell 75-35. The contest marked the Cadets' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Barnesville's strategy against St. Clairsville on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Barnesville blew St. Clairsville out of the water with a 49-11 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Shamrocks had established a 26 point advantage.
Linsly now has a losing record at 7-8. As for Barnesville, their win bumped their record up to 9-10.
Linsly was able to grind out a solid victory over Barnesville when the teams last played back in January of 2023, winning 62-50. Will Linsly repeat their success, or does Barnesville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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