The Barnesville Shamrocks will venture away from home to challenge the Wheeling Central Catholic Maroon Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Barnesville's defense has only allowed 8.7 points per game this season, so Wheeling Central Catholic's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Barnesville easily dispatched Monroe Central last Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Shamrocks fell just short of George Washington by a score of 17-14 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Shamrocks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 116th in Ohio, while the Patriots are ranked sixth in West Virginia).
Meanwhile, Wheeling Central Catholic had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 41 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They blew past the Commodores 41-8. The result was nothing new for the Maroon Knights, who have now won three games by 33 points or more so far this season.
Barnesville better keep an eye on Kade Koroneos. He was instrumental in Wheeling Central Catholic's win, rushing for 107 yards and three TDs on only 12 carries. Koroneos' rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 107 rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Nico Kusic, who threw for 162 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 passes.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Wheeling Central Catholic's defense and their 7.5 sacks. Maddox Stillion was especially locked on to Perry Traditional Academy's QB and sacked him three times.
Wheeling Central Catholic's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Barnesville, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 5-1.
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