Coolidge hasn't had much luck against Dunbar recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 11:00 a.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Coolidge sitting on four straight victories and Dunbar on seven.
Coolidge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup last Saturday. They walked away with a 14-7 win over Eastern. That's two games straight that the Colts have won by exactly seven points.
Coolidge's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Brandon Austin led the charge by rushing for 102 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
Meanwhile, Dunbar faced Woodson in a battle between two of the state's top teams last Saturday. Dunbar breezed by Woodson to the tune of 35-0. The result was nothing new for the Crimson Tide, who have now won eight matches by 21 points or more so far this season.
Coolidge pushed their record up to 5-5 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.3 points per game. As for Dunbar, their win bumped their record up to 10-1.
Coolidge suffered a grim 27-6 defeat to Dunbar in their previous meeting back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dunbar's Brosnan Dukes, who threw for 238 yards and two touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushed for 143 yards on only eight carries. Now that Coolidge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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