The Jackson-Reed Tigers will face off against the Roosevelt Roughriders at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Jackson-Reed 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 (Jackson-Reed was ranked 15th). Jackson-Reed was beaten by Dunbar 41-0 two weeks ago. The game marked the first time this year in which the Tigers were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt's undefeated season came to an end after five games on Friday. They fell 22-15 to Woodson. That makes it the first time this season the Roughriders have let down their home crowd.
Although Roosevelt took the loss, they still got scores from Deyon Smith and Gabriel Hudgens.
This is the second loss in a row for Jackson-Reed and nudges their season record down to 1-5. As for Roosevelt, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 5-1.
Jackson-Reed lost to Roosevelt at home by a decisive 28-14 margin in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Smith, who rushed for 145 yards. Now that Jackson-Reed knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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