The Wheeling Park Patriots celebrate around goalie Jacob Robinson after the final buzzer sounded in Park’s game Saturday against Woodrow Wilson.

WHEELING — Saturday had a big-game feel for the Wheeling Park Patriots and Woodrow Wilson Flying Eagles– who on Friday were revealed as the No. 1 seeds in W.Va. Class AAAA’s North and South Regions, respectively. Inside Wheeling Island Stadium, Wheeling Park embraced the challenge and handed Woodrow Wilson their first loss of the season in a dramatic 1-0 victory.

“We’ve been looking forward to an opportunity,” Wheeling Park head coach Mario Julian said. “Woodrow ended our season last year and, you know, it was a tough pill to swallow and we knew how good they were. The boys prepared to win this game if they executed the game plan. We had a plan

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