The Spring Mills Cardinals will square off against the Wheeling Park Patriots 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' defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Hedgesville 33-0. The Cardinals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by 27 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Wheeling Park entered their tilt with John Marshall on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They managed a 35-30 win over the Monarchs. 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 matches.
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.
Spring Mills has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice 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, they pushed their record up to 7-3 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Everything came up roses for Spring Mills against Wheeling Park when the teams last played back in September, as the squad secured a 27-0 win. Will Spring Mills repeat their success, or does Wheeling Park have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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