Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask East Nashville Magnet). They blew past the Stratford Spartans 42-16 on Thursday. The Eagles haven't had any issues with the Spartans recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.
Dallas Covington
| 10/02/25 @ Stratford | 135 |
| 11/29/24 @ Westview | 66 |
| 09/11/25 @ Beech | 60 |
| 09/19/25 vs Springfield | 59 |
| 11/01/24 @ Stratford | 38 |
Dallas Covington was his usual excellent self, rushing for 135 yards and one score on only 13 carries, while also throwing for 132 yards and one TD while completing 81.2% of his passes. Those 135 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Ke'Vontae Pitts also deserves a mention for his punt return touchdown.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: East Nashville Magnet was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 263 rushing yards. They are 2-1 when they've run for more than 200 yards.
Special teams also deserves some recognition, posting 12 points in total. The biggest highlight from special teams (and perhaps the team as a whole) came courtesy of Pitts, who ran a punt back for a touchdown.
East Nashville Magnet's victory bumped their record up to 2-4. As for Stratford, they now have a losing record of 2-3.
East Nashville Magnet will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Hickman County at 7:00 p.m. on the 17th. As for Stratford, they have already played their next game, a 19-3 loss against White House-Heritage on the 10th.
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