On Thursday, Roosevelt faced Coolidge in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Roosevelt Roughriders fell 28-21 to the Coolidge Colts. That's two games in a row now that the Roughriders have lost by exactly seven points.
Despite the loss, Roosevelt still got an impressive performance from Deyon Smith, who rushed for 74 yards and three touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards Smith has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Demarean Frazier, who rushed for 93 yards on only 11 carries.
Coolidge found their leader in sophomore John Lafontant, who made 23 total tackles (4.0 for loss). Jhalil Anderson also helped out with an impressive 141 receiving yards.
Roosevelt has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-3 record this season. As for Coolidge, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 5-5.
Roosevelt wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next matchup, a 20-14 victory against Ballou on the 8th. As for Coolidge, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Eastern at 11:00 a.m. on November 16th. Eastern is coming into the contest with four straight losses at home, meaning Coolidge will have to defend against a squad hungry for a victory.
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