Category: High School

Last season, an academic blemish allowed the Dunbar Crimson Tide to slip into the annual Washington, D.C. high school championship game, also known as the Turkey Bowl, much to the chagrin of several in attendance last Thanksgiving Day. This season however, Dunbar didn’t want to just slide through the backdoor into the city title game, […]

The last time the Dunbar Crimson Tide met up with the Coolidge Colts, big plays came in bunches, overtime ensued, a two-point conversion decided the outcome and a 43-42 classic Dunbar victory was born. That late Friday night game on Nov. 4 might have been the best game of the season within the District of […]

The Dunbar Poets took a step closer to earning their second straight Maryland State football championship after routing the Surrattsville Hornets of Clinton, Md., 50-6, on Nov. 19 at Poly Western High School field in Baltimore, Md. With the win, the Poets claimed their second consecutive 1A South Regional title. Dunbar sealed the win early, […]

The Dunbar Poets will advance to the second round of the Maryland State 1A South regional playoffs after easily routing the south Baltimore Southside Academy Jaguars, 50-6, on Nov. 12 at Poly Western High School Field in Baltimore, Md. Dunbar will now prepare for a matchup against Clinton, MD’s Surrattsville High School in the next […]

The Poly Western Engineers capped off perhaps their best regular season campaign ever as they beat their biggest rival, the City College Black Knights, 22-16 on Nov. 5 at M&T Bank Stadium to finish with a perfect 10-0 record. But their road to perfection didn’t come without its bumps in the 123rd annual City-Poly football […]

Coolidge Colts football coach Natalie Randolph made headlines last season when she was introduced as the first female high school boy’s football coach in over 25 years. Despite achieving marginal success in her inaugural campaign, Randolph still drew heavy media attention. One season later, Randolph has her Colts atop the District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic […]

The Poly Western Engineers maintained their perfect record, advancing to a 9-0 overall record this season, but it didn’t come easy. Poly had to hold off a group of hungry Mervo Mustangs who were motivated to put an end to Poly’s winning streak. Mervo made Poly fight until the very end of the fourth quarter, […]

The Poly Western Engineers held onto their title as the top team in Baltimore City Division I football after coming back to beat the No. 2 Dunbar Poets, 18-14, in a divisional battle on Oct. 21 at Poly Western Field in West Baltimore. Poly trailed, 14-12, with just minutes left in the game, and appeared […]

The Dunbar Poets’ Baltimore City Division I matchup versus Frederick Douglass High ended just as fast as started as the Poets easily cruised to a 46-8 win on Oct. 14, at Poly Western Field. The Poets’ combined their typical ferocious defense with a consistent running game to dominate their opponent, leading 30-8 at halftime. Douglass […]

The Patterson Clippers put on a high-scoring affair for the second straight week, but this time fell to the Poly Western Engineers, 44-34, on Oct. 7 at Poly in West Baltimore. Patterson fought back from an early 16-0 deficit in the first quarter, and exchanged leads with Poly four times before running out of steam […]

If you like high scoring football matches that aren’t decided until the final minutes, then you would have loved the Patterson Clippers vs. City College Knights contest on Oct. 1. The two Baltimore City Division I schools exchanged the lead four different times Saturday night, scoring a combined 57 points before Patterson eventually escaped with […]

The H.D. Woodson Senior High Warriors were supposed to be celebrating their homecoming with a football game against District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association (DCIAA) opponent Wilson High on Friday, Sept. 30 at the school’s brand new football field located at 55th Street NE. But the homecoming show soon turned into the “Kenny Crawly Show,” […]