MOUNDSVILLE — Since Wheeling Park opened in 1976, there’s been no opponent that the Patriots and John Marshall Monarchs have seen more than each other.

The two teams’ 50 meetings are the most against a common opponent in Wheeling Park’s history- Brooke is right behind at 49. Brooke has more meetings against John Marshall, with 57 in all, but eight of those came before 1976.

Friday inside Monarch Stadium will mark the 51st meeting between Patriots (5-4) and Monarchs (6-3), with major playoff implications woven into the usual stakes of the rivalry matchup- as you’d expect from the final game of the regular season.

“I think when we play, you can throw the records out,” Wheeling Park head coach Chris Daugherty said. “It’s the only school that we’re playing currently that we have played sinc

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