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The Hollywood ending for Bell in Saturday’s Gravy Bowl seemed almost too good to be true: a rematch with nemesis Coolidge for the right to move up to the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Stars division in the final game of Griffins star Demiko Suggs’s career.
Turns out, it was too good to be true.
The Colts handled Bell at Theodore Roosevelt, 21-6, avenging last year’s loss to the Griffins while winning their second Gravy Bowl in three years. The loss also cost Bell a chance to move up to the Stars, the DCIAA’s top tier of football. A school must win consecutive Gravy Bowls to be promoted.
The loss also marked a tough end for Bell’s Daniel Tyson, the DCIAA coach of the year, who told his team afterward he was stepping down after 15 years at the helm.
“The way things had went with their guys winning coach of the year and player of the year, it felt like the city had put the writing on the wall for them,” Coolidge Coach Kevin Nesbitt said. “But we weren’t trying to be a part of any Disney movie, so our guys came out and shut all that [stuff] down.”
Read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/11/19/dciaa-gravy-bowl-coolidge-bell/
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