On Friday, Eastern faced Dunbar in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Eastern Ramblers fell just short of the Dunbar Crimson Tide by a score of 28-26. The defeat continues a trend for the Ramblers in their matchups with the Crimson Tide: they've now lost six in a row.
Despite the loss, Eastern still got an impressive performance from Daquan Ginyard, who rushed for 217 yards while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. Ginyard's rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 145 rushing yards.
Eastern's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-3. As for Dunbar, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-1.
Eastern will stay at home for another week and welcome Coolidge at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Eastern's defense has only allowed 13.9 points per game this season, so Coolidge's offense will have their work cut out for them. Dunbar does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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