FAIRMONT — Of all the possible storylines heading into Friday’s clash of unbeatens between Fairmont Senior and Bridgeport, one simple fact will likely decide the final outcome:
Can the Polar Bears stop the Indians’ vaunted running game?
The answer remains to be seen, but there’s little doubt as to how No. 4 Bridgeport (8-0) will carry out its game plan — with, well, one carry after another.
“There’s no secrets ... they’re going to run the ball, run the ball and run the ball,” Fairmont Senior coach J.L. Abbott said.
Fairmont Senior quarterback Logan Moore, who doubles as a starting defensive back, agrees.
“We know what they’re going to do — they’re going to run the ball — and that’s what we’ll be trying all week to stop,” he said.
But for everything the second-ranked Polar Bears (8-0) have seen and heard about their latest opponent, this week’s film sessions provide a first glimpse. While Fairmont Senior-Bridgeport has been on the minds of fans and media for some time, Abbott steadfastly avoided such talk until after Friday’s road win over Wheeling Park.
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October 27, 2009
Showdown time
Polar Bears, Indians set for battle of unbeatens
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Christmas fireworks
Fairmont Senior’s boys’ basketball team put on its greatest offensive display in years Tuesday against the visiting Brooke Bruins.
- Conference’s best Fairmont Senior ruled the North Central Athletic Conference in 2009, going through its league schedule unbeaten en route to a 9-1 regular season.
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Future Falcons
Kaitlyn Antolock, Kelsi Wright and Jessica Parsons each had visions of continuing their basketball careers at the collegiate level. The North Marion trio, though, never gave much thought to playing together.
- Hays: Huskies turned the corner in ’09 Daran Hays thinks of himself as a perfectionist. So while part of the North Marion football coach is pleased with his team’s play in 2009, the other half views his first year in the eyes of a skeptic, always wanting a little more.
- Twelve county players named all-NCAC soccer Fairmont Senior’s boys’ soccer team won the North Central Athletic Conference and advanced to the state tournament in 2009.
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Getting revenge
East Fairmont’s volleyball team got a little revenge on Robert C. Byrd when it counted the most.
- Huskies receive dose of bad karma After last year’s loss at Rachel, a defeat that snapped North Marion’s long winless streak, the Huskies figured Elkins would look to exact some revenge Friday night.
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Taken to task
If you somehow aren’t sure of Bridgeport’s offensive philosophy, about what the Indians are all about with a football in their hands, let lineman Zachary Stanley explain.
- Elkins nips North on last-second FG Cory Broughton waited a year to get redemption against North Marion.
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All eyes on Bridgeport
The showdown the state has been waiting to see will take place tonight at Wayne Jaimson Field in Bridgeport.
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