WHEELING — For all the ink that will momentarily be spilt over Friday’s game between Fairmont Senior and Wheeling Park, one word can sum up the goings-on inside Wheeling Island Stadium— ‘barnburner.’

The visiting Polar Bears (5-1) took down the Patriots (4-3) 45-42 in an outing that took on the cadence of a heavyweight boxing match, with haymakers flying back-and-forth all night. kAmu2:C>@?E $6?:@C[ H9@ 92G6 ?@H ?@E4965 324<\E@\324< G:4E@C:6D[ H2D 23=6 E@ H:? E96 D9@@E@FE 27E6C E:>6 6IA:C65 @? (966=:?8 !2C< :? E96 7:?2= 5C:G6 @7 E96 82>6] u@==@H:?8 2 !@=2C q62C EFC?@G6C\@?\5@H?D 2E u2:C>@?E $6?:@C’D @H? `d J2C5 =:?6 H:E9 ;FDE bd D64@?5D E@ A=2J[ E96 !2EC:@ED — H:E9@FE 2?J E:>6@FED — A:4<65 FA 2 4@FA=6 @7 7:CDE 5@H?D 3FE C2? @FE @7 E:>6]k^Am kAm“%9:D :D 2 9F86 H:? 7@C FD[” u2:C>@?E $6?:

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