The Ballou Knights are taking a road trip to take on the Dunbar Crimson Tide at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Ballou's offense hasn't had much luck over their past six matches, but Friday's matchup will give them a chance to turn things around.
Ballou is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: Coolidge, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Ballou was ranked 17th). Ballou might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 20-0 to Coolidge, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The game was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Knights couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, Dunbar got themselves on the board against Jackson-Reed on Friday, but Jackson-Reed never followed suit. They claimed a resounding 41-0 win over the Tigers on the road. The Crimson Tide might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 21 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Brosnan Dukes, who threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 104 yards.
Ballou's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Dunbar, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-1.
Ballou suffered a grim 28-7 defeat to Dunbar in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. Can Ballou avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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