Bolivar Central hasn't had much luck against Covington recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Bolivar Central Tigers' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Covington Chargers at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Bolivar Central is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They snuck past Sheffield with a 36-32 victory.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Bolivar Central to victory, but perhaps none more so than Noah Clayton, who rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. Those 113 rushing yards gave Clayton a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Corbyrian Brown, who rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.7 yards per carry.
Bolivar Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 348 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Covington). They blew past Memphis East 63-7 on Friday. Considering the Chargers have won nine contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Covington pushed their record up to 10-1 with the win, which was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 37.5 points. As for Bolivar Central, their victory bumped their record up to 6-4.
Bolivar Central was taken down by Covington 56-6 in their previous matchup back in September. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Bolivar Central was down 49-6.
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