On Friday, Eastern faced Coolidge in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Eastern Ramblers walked away with a 34-27 win over the Coolidge Colts. This was payback for the Ramblers, who suffered a 40-0 loss the last time these two teams met.
Leading Eastern to victory were Daquan Ginyard and Jeremiah Hubbard. Ginyard rushed for 145 yards, while Hubbard threw for 200 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes.
Eastern is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Coolidge, they dropped their record down to 2-5 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home.
Eastern will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Ballou. Eastern is facing Ballou at the right time seeing as Ballou is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Coolidge, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Woodson at 2:00 p.m. Woodson is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.2 points per game this season.
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