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East Nashville QB Isiah Upton out for the season

East Nashville senior quarterback Isiah Upton won’t be suiting up for the Eagles again this season.

Upton, who left with an injury during the second quarter of last week’s 19-0 loss to Nashville Christian and did not return, suffered a slight tear to his anterior cruciate ligament and will undergo surgery sometime within the next month.

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Upton, a three-star prospect according to 247Sports, had accounted for nearly 60 percent of East Nashville’s offensive production this season, totaling 2,098 yards and 27 touchdowns in nine games for the Eagles. The 6-1, 178-pound Middle Tennessee State commit posted 2,950 yards of total offense and 25 touchdowns as a junior in 2013.

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East Nashville (8-1), which managed just seven yards and zero first downs in last week’s defeat, travels to Lipscomb Academy (6-3) on Friday for a chance to secure the District 10-AA championship.

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Reach Michael Murphy at 259-8018 and on Twitter @Murph_TNsports.

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