Roosevelt has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will host the Coolidge Colts at 6:00 p.m. Roosevelt's defense has only allowed 10.9 points per game this season, so Coolidge's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Roosevelt is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: Dunbar, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Roosevelt was ranked ninth). Roosevelt fell 21-14 to Dunbar on Saturday. The match marked the Roughriders' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Coolidge hadn't done well against Jackson-Reed recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Coolidge walked away with a 22-13 win over Jackson-Reed. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Colts.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Coolidge to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jacieon ?Way? Robertson, who rushed for 155 yards on only 13 carries, and also picked up 58 receiving yards. Those 155 rushing yards gave Robertson a new career-high. Another signal caller making a difference was Aleem Moore, who threw for 241 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.1 yards per attempt.
Coolidge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 272 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 91 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last four games they've averaged 188.2.
Roosevelt's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 6-2. As for Coolidge, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Roosevelt against Coolidge in their previous matchup back in September of 2022, as the team secured a 30-0 victory. Will Roosevelt repeat their success, or does Coolidge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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