For those following this year’s District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association (DCIAA) football season, it was not a surprise to see Dunbar and Ballou High Schools advance to the Annual Turkey Bowl championship.
The Turkey Bowl, for Ballou and Dunbar fans, was an opportunity to meet for a rematch of a regular season game. In the first high-scoring affair, Dunbar made a couple of second-half simple adjustments that secured a 62-34 win over Ballou. The Crimson Tide followed a formula that would carry over in another victory over the Ballou Knights, this time 28-7, at Eastern High School in Northeast, D.C. on Nov. 23.
“We got away from playing the fundamentals of the game in the first game and got away from the running game, which is our bread and butter,” said Dunbar Head Coach Anthony “Bink” Vaughn, following the game played back in October. “Once we got back to the basics of running the football, we were in our comfort zone.”
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