Mandeville is still undefeated this season after their match against Covington on Friday, but Covington came as close as anyone has to beating them. The Mandeville Skippers had just enough and edged the Covington Lions out 35-33. The 35-point effort marked the Skippers' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Nate Sheppard continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 257 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 126 rushing yards dating back to last season. Ben Hendricks also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mandeville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 367 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Mandeville's defensive line and their six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Juan Canales and Braxton Paddio, who racked up five sacks between them.
Mandeville pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Covington, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 5-1.
Mandeville will welcome Hammond at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mandeville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 44.8 points per game this season. As for Covington, a feisty cat fight will be fought when Lions takes on Slidell at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Covington's defense has only allowed 12.7 points per game this season, so Slidell's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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