Tonight's 7 o'clock City-Dunbar football game will be played at Johns Hopkins University's Homewood Field and serves as the second annual Bob Wade Classic, in honor of the former Dunbar boys basketball and football coach, who is also the city schools' athletic director.

Proceeds from the game will go to help the school's alumni make up for shortfalls that the school system is unable to meet. In addition, some of the school's most notable alumni will be honored at halftime. Former boys basketball and football coach Pete Pompey and Tommy Polley, a former Ravens and St. Louis Rams linebacker and Dunbar graduate, will be honored at a luncheon at the school this afternoon.

The game itself has a ring of importance, as the Poets (3-0) are riding a 12-game win streak -- their last loss coming to the Knights last season. Meanwhile, City (2-1) needs a win, coming off last week's home loss to Edmondson, to have any realistic chance of adding a third straight Division I title to their resume.