The McKinley Tech Trainers will face off against the Roosevelt Roughriders at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
McKinley Tech is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: Eastern, who was ranked 11th at the time (McKinley Tech was ranked eighth). The Trainers came up short against the Ramblers on Monday, falling 11-0. The contest marked the first time this season in which the Trainers were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt fell victim to Jackson-Reed and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 18-0 to the Tigers. The defeat continues a trend for the Roughriders in their meetings with the Tigers: they've now lost nine in a row.
Roosevelt's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for McKinley Tech, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.
McKinley Tech couldn't quite finish off Roosevelt in their previous matchup back in March of 2023 and fell 5-3. Can the Trainers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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