The Wirt County Tigers will take on the Wahama White Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Wirt County sitting on three straight wins and Wahama on four.
Wirt County will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating St. Marys, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Wirt County simply couldn't be stopped last Thursday as they easily beat St. Marys 42-7 at home. The Tigers pushed the score to 42-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Blue Devils cut but never quite recovered from.
A big part of Wirt County's victory came down to the chemistry between Tyler Smith and his top target Porter Goodwin. Smith threw for 277 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes while Goodwin picked up 177 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Goodwin torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 89 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Wirt County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 200 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Wirt County's defense and their four sacks. Easton Wyer was especially locked on to St. Marys' QB and sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Wahama took their match on the road last Friday with ease, bagging a 61-13 win over Calhoun. Given the White Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Red Devils are ranked 102nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Connor Lambert continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 216 yards and five touchdowns on only seven carries. Trace Simpkins was another key player, throwing for 162 yards and a touchdown on perfect 8-for-8 passing.
Wirt County's record now sits at 3-1. As for Wahama, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
Wirt County was dealt a bruising 52-21 defeat at the hands of Wahama when the teams last played back in September of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Wirt County was down 29-7.
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