Football Game Preview: McKinley Tech Trainers vs. Ron Brown Monarchs + How To Watch

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Previous Games

11/08/24 - Away	20-16 W
10/14/23 - Home	34-14 W
10/15/22 - Away	39-0 W
10/08/21 - Home	38-0 W
10/18/19 - Away	36-6 W
+ 2 more games

McKinley Tech has gone a perfect 7-0 against Ron Brown recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Trainers will be playing at home against the Monarchs at 6:00 p.m. Neither McKinley Tech nor Ron Brown posted many points in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.

McKinley Tech is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: Anacostia, who was ranked 19th at the time (McKinley Tech was ranked 16th). The Trainers took a hard 20-6 fall against the Indians on Tuesday. The Trainers haven't had much luck with the Indians recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.

Meanwhile, Ron Brown fell victim to Bell and their airtight defense on Thursday. They were dealt a 48-0 loss at the hands of the Griffins. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Monarchs haven't been shut out since back in September.

Ron Brown now has a losing record of 3-4. As for McKinley Tech, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6.

McKinley Tech didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Ron Brown in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, but they still walked away with a 20-16 win. Will the Trainers repeat their success, or do the Monarchs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.