The Eastern Ramblers have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Coolidge Colts 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.
Eastern is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: Dunbar, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Eastern was ranked fifth). Eastern fell just short of Dunbar by a score of 28-26 on Friday. The Ramblers haven't had much luck with the Crimson Tide recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Eastern might have lost, but man, Daquan Ginyard was a machine: he 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.
Even though they lost, Eastern was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 274 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 154 rushing yards in seven consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Coolidge entered their tilt with Roosevelt two weeks ago with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with a 28-21 victory over the Roughriders.
Coolidge found their leader in sophomore John Lafontant, who made 23 total tackles (4.0 for loss). Jhalil Anderson did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 141 receiving yards.
One reason for the win was Coolidge's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. Aujaevon Toland was especially locked on to Roosevelt's QB and sacked him twice. Another thorn in Roosevelt's side was Lafontant, who made 23 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Eastern's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-3. As for Coolidge, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-5 record this season.
Eastern beat Coolidge 34-27 in their previous meeting back in October. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Coolidge's Aleem Moore, who threw for 340 yards and three touchdowns. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Eastern still be able to contain Moore? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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