Football Preview: Covington Trojans vs. South Putnam Eagles
Two dominant backs in Cian Moore and Ty Benton are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Covington Trojans will be playing at home against the South Putnam Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Covington is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 48-7 victory over Attica.
Wyatt Moncrief was a one-man wrecking crew for Covington as he rushed for 88 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 131 yards and a touchdown on only 12 passes. That's the most rushing yards Moncrief has posted since back in August. Beau Bishop was another key player, rushing for 51 yards and a touchdown.
Covington's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB four times. Ben Christoff was especially locked on to Attica's QB and sacked him three times. Christoff also sacked three sacks, which is notable because Covington is undefeated when he posts at least one sack, but 3-4 otherwise.
Covington was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 213 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 191 rushing yards in six consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, South Putnam waltzed into their match on Friday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Mustangs 54-7.
Covington has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for South Putnam, their win bumped their record up to 8-2.
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