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Quarterfinal - Covington @ Dyersburg


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49 minutes ago, tennesseeannouncer said:

This game is going to be an absolute war. Looking forward to the chess match between both coaching staffs.

I think you are right. The playoffs are always “win or go home”.  This game is no different. The losing team puts away their gear for the winter. Many of their seniors will have played their last ever game of organized football. 
 

The winners will advance to travel to Middle Tennessee next week and play the Liberty Creek / East Nashville winner. 
 

Congrats to both teams for making it this far. I’ll be pulling hard for my Chargers to advance, but both squads have had great seasons. I’m hoping for no injuries and a well-played game. May the best team win. 

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From the Daily Memphian

https://dailymemphian.com/section/sportshigh-school-sports/article/39916/tssaa-quarterfinal-playoff-preview-six-memphis-shelby-county-teams

Class 3A

Covington (10-2) at Dyersburg (12-0)

Storylines: Everyone on the planet, or at least in Tennessee, knows what Covington is going to do.

The Chargers are going to line up in their tried-and-true Wing-T offense and feed the ball to their star running back. This year, it’s Skylan Smith in that role.


Lakeland begins Econo Lodge demolition


The junior ran for 192 yards on 26 carries and scored two touchdowns in last week’s 38-6 victory over Ripley, taking his season totals to 2,006 yards and 31 TDs. It was also Smith’s ninth game in a row over 100 yards, with three of those over 200.

Not coincidentally, the Ripley game was also Covington’s ninth victory in a row. Which brings us to Dyersburg. The Trojans shut out Covington, 24-0, Sept. 1, held Smith to 57 yards and allowed just 162 in total.

It’s rare to see the Chargers held so completely in check, and certainly Dyersburg will be brimming with confidence because of it. But that loss more than two months ago also seems to have lit a spark for Covington, and the smart money says Friday’s game will be much different and much closer.

What’s next: Liberty Creek (8-4) or East Nashville (10-2) will play host to the winner of this one in the semifinals. Covington has reached the semifinals 12 times, most recently in 2022 when it lost to East Nashville.

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Here's the Commercial Appeal write-up:

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/11/15/tssaa-football-playoffs-germantown-houston-memphis-area-top-quarterfinal-matchups/71443254007/

Covington (10-2) at Dyersburg (12-0) 

When: 7 p.m. Friday 

Covington suffered two losses this season and Dyersburg was one of them. The Chargers were shut out in Week 3, 24-0. In that game, Skylan Smith had just 48 rushing yards, his second-lowest total this season. As Smith goes, the Chargers go and they’ll need a performance like his 192 yards and two touchdowns a week ago.   

Wilcox’s pick: Dyersburg 24, Covington 14 

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Here’s some playoff history for each team. Source is AHSFHS.org database, but it only has records through 2020, so I had to update it for the last two seasons. 
 

                                             COVINGTON.        DYERSBURG

OVERALL RECORD                      51-26.                 27-28

APPEARANCES.                               26.                      28

1st ROUND                                    18-6                  14-13

2nd ROUND.                                   16-3.                   9-5

3rd ROUND.                                    11-5.                  4-6

SEMIS.                                              6-6.                    0-4

FINALS.                                             0-6.                    0-0

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