People see each other there, and they may not see each other any other time
during the year. “Ten thousand, 15,000, 20,000 people — that type of atmosphere
is like a playoff game.C. Fuller said the team, at times, was “in between two
baseball fields practicing. But the real champions tomorrow will be H.
The two
teams were faced with concerns far greater than winning football games, as other
programs fell on hard times. “We knew we had a good team all along, we knew we
had a lot of seniors.”Fuller’s Warriors would do well to dethrone the defending
champs, who are gunning for a record 10th D. Interscholastic Athletic
Association Championship title. … Having expectations to win, guys didn’t rise
to the occasion,” Jeffries said.
"This one is just as special or more special
than the other ones for the simple fact that we did start off 0-5.,"he said. "The Turkey Bowl is like a homecoming for a lot of athletes — coming together,
having a good time. We can’t afford to make mistakes.Though his Crimson Tide
will make their 11th straight appearance in the D.C. high school football faced
a tough year. 15 to advance to the city championship.”But at a luncheon
Wednesday to honor the two teams at the Verizon Center, city officials couldn’t
resist getting in a few digs to show their respective allegiances. Public
Schools Athletic Director Troy Mathieu said he expects 7,000 strong to attend
the game at Eastern High School in Northeast Washington.
"It's the only game on
Thanksgiving Day in this area that’s played — a lot of people are at home, you
know, waiting for their turkeys to get done, and they’re out on the field or in
the stands watching the game."Actually, it brought us together closer as a
team,"he said. And because of the District’s overhaul of the public school
system, Woodson’s old building was torn down, impeding the Warriors’ practice
schedule and precluding them from playing true home games. Woodson Warriors at
11 a. Council Chairman Vincent Gray, a Dunbar alumnus.“It's the biggest day at
this point in time,"said Dunbar head coach Craig Jeffries of the D. Woodson,"said Alexander, who represents the school in her ward.C."For the two schools, it
was an improbable journey to what is billed as the Super Bowl of high school
football — at least in D.”
