Garfield is 0-9 against O'Dea since October of 2016 but things could change on Friday. The Garfield Bulldogs will stay at home for another week and welcome the O'Dea Fighting Irish at 5:00 p.m.
Garfield is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Roosevelt on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Garfield was outmatched by Roosevelt at home and fell 49-3. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington football rankings (they are ranked 194th, while the Roughriders are ranked 26th).
Meanwhile, O'Dea put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Bishop Blanchet 56-17 at home. The Fighting Irish might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 20 points or more this season.
Garfield's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for O'Dea, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Garfield was dealt a bruising 45-13 loss at the hands of O'Dea when the teams last played back in November of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Garfield was down 31-7.
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