Fairmont Senior has won five straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Wheeling Park has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Fairmont Senior Polar Bears will welcome the Wheeling Park Patriots at 7:00 p.m. Fairmont Senior knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past six matches -- so hopefully Wheeling Park likes a good challenge.
Fairmont Senior's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Buckhannon-Upshur 55-0 on the road. Fans of the Polar Bears have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Meanwhile, Wheeling Park faced Morgantown in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Wheeling Park walked away with a 14-7 win over Morgantown. The score was all tied up 7-7 at the break, but the Patriots were the (much) better team in the second half.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Wheeling Park to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brennan Wack, who rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 45 receiving yards. Another big playmaker for Wheeling Park was Jameson Maynard, who returned a punt for a touchdown.
Fairmont Senior's victory bumped their record up to 6-0. As for Wheeling Park, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season.
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