On Friday, Christchurch School faced The Covenant in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Christchurch School Seahorses fell just short of The Covenant Eagles by a score of 50-48. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (31), the Seahorses still had to take the loss.
Jonathan Newton was his usual excellent self, rushing for 206 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry, and also throwing for 90 yards and a touchdown while completing 83.3% of his passes for The Covenant. Newton was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 56 yards. Another player making a difference was Philip Venton, who gained 125 total yards and a touchdown.
Having lost for the first time this season, Christchurch School fell to 3-1. As for The Covenant, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 4-1.
Christchurch School will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Rappahannock County at 4:30 p.m. on October 3rd. As for The Covenant, they will face off against Kenston Forest at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in The Covenant's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
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