By: Michael Carvelli
AA No. 1 Fairmont Senior vs. AA No. 9 Weir
After remaining undefeated with a comfortable win over Elkins a week ago, Fairmont Senior will get a tough top-10 test this week as Weir makes the trip to Fairmont to take on the Polar Bears.
Fairmont Senior quarterback Jake Abbott continued his great start to the season against the Tigers, completing 7-of-9 passes for 149 yards and a touchdown while running the ball seven times for 199 yards and three more scores. For the season, the senior signal caller has thrown for 797 yards and eight touchdowns with an additional 712 yards on the ground.
Weir, meanwhile, comes in at 5-1, and has scored 40 points in all but two games this season.
Cody Enrietti leads the way with 968 yards and nine touchdowns on 129 carries.
A No. 2 South Harrison vs. Tygarts Valley (Thursday)
The Hawks will be taking the field a day early this week in Thursday night’s home matchup against a struggling Tygarts Valley team.
South Harrison will hope to continue to lean on running backs Freddy Canary and Cam Barnette. The pair of juniors have emerged as one of the top backfield combinations in the area, as well as the state as a whole, bringing coach Brad Jett’s offense a “thunder and lightning” duo unlike many SH has ever had.
Last week, the Hawks shutout Calhoun County, 36-0. The win gave them their second shutout of the season and was the fourth time in five games that South Harrison held an opponent to less than 10 points.
The Bulldogs are coming off a 51-30 loss to Clay-Battelle last week.
AAA No. 12 Morgantown at AAA No. 11 Wheeling Park
The Mohigans will, once again, have their hands full if they want to make their way back into the win column this week.
After losing by a touchdown to Musselman last week to give Morgantown its second loss of the year, the Mohigans are hitting the road to face the Patriots in a matchup of two 4-2 teams.
Morgantown has lost the last two meetings between the schools, including last year’s 35-7 loss.
AA No. 2 Bridgeport vs. Liberty Harrison
Bridgeport will face another Harrison County foe this week when Liberty makes the short trip over to Wayne Jamison Field.
It will be the first meeting between the two schools since Bridgeport beat the Mountaineers 42-0 in 2013.
Last week’s 49-7 win over East Fairmont was the third game in a row the Indians allowed less than 10 points, while Liberty’s offense – led by sophomore quarterback Seth McKinney and a talented stable of running backs like Dalton Westfall and Broderick Lantz – has scored 40 points in back-to-back wins over Robert C. Byrd and Braxton County.
J.T. Harris has close to 1,000 all-purpose yards this season for the Indians – including a team-high 517 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground.
Other Games:
AAA No. 6 University at Hampshire
Braxton County at AA No. 7 North Marion
Buckhannon-Upshur at AA No. 13 Lewis County
Paden City at A No. 12 Clay-Battelle
East Fairmont at Robert C. Byrd
Philip Barbour at Elkins
Notre Dame at Southern Garrett, Md.
Idle this week: Preston, Lincoln, Grafton