High School Football Season to Begin on Capitol Hill

The Friday night lights are set to return on Capitol Hill as Eastern High School kicks off its football season against Ballou High School tonight.

The reigning Class A D.C. state champion Ramblers are scheduled to begin their season with a home game at 6 p.m. on their 1700 East Capitol St. NE campus. MaxPreps, a website that ranks high school football teams nationally, placed the Ramblers ninth in the District in its preseason rankings.

The Ramblers also have released their schedule for the rest of season:

• Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m. at Falls Church High School.
• Sept. 11, 6 p.m. vs. Richard Wright Public Charter School at home.
  
• Sept. 18, 6 p.m. vs. Woodrow Wilson High School at home.
  
• Sept. 25, 6 p.m. at McKinley Technology High School.
  
• Oct. 2, 6 p.m. at Theodore Roosevelt High School.
  
• Oct. 10, 2 p.m. vs. Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School at home.
• Oct. 16, 6 p.m. vs. Bell Multicultural High School, which will be played at the Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus.
• Oct. 23, 6 p.m. vs. McKinley Tech at home.
  
• Oct. 30, 6 p.m. vs. Roosevelt at home.
  
• Nov. 6, 6 p .m. at Cardozo.

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