Trojans come off bye, travel to Covington this Friday

 




Jason Peevyhouse

Editor, JP Productions Sports

With three weeks left in the regular season, Dyersburg is coming off a bye week and heads into a tough two-game stretch of Region 7-3A contests with the first being a trip down Highway 51 to Covington this Friday night.

Dyersburg spent Fall Break last week in the bye as the Trojans enter the final stretch of games with a 5-2 record and are one of three teams which remain undefeated in Region 7-3A play.

“It’s been very important for us to step back and look at ourselves right here,” Dyersburg Head Coach Bart Stowe said. “We’ve worked on some things like conditioning and getting healthy.

“We’ just really were looking at ourselves and getting better fundamentally – offense, defense and special teams.”

Dyersburg and Covington have become rivals over the past several years with plenty of meetings both in the regular season and in the postseason.

“We’re definitely in a tough stretch and we look forward to the competition,” Stowe said.

Covington enters Friday night’s game with a 7-0 (3-0) record and is a run-oriented team according to the Dyersburg head coach.

“They run the Wing T and they run the option,” Stowe explained. “They run the ball when they want to run it and throw the ball to mix it up.

“They’re really dynamic on offense and you’ve got to defend all of their backs. Their quarterback runs the ball. So do the fullback, halfback and wingback. They really do a good job dispersing the ball to all of them.”

Stowe said, with the option, every Trojan on defense has a responsibility.

“You’ve got to do your responsibility,” Stowe said. “Defensively, you’ve got a group that’s assigned to the fullback, a group that’s assigned to the quarterback and a group that’s assigned to the pitch man.

“And, when they’re not running the option, they’ve got their regular offense. They are very diverse and very dynamic in what they do.”

On the other side of the ball, there is a lot of similar ground, according to the Trojan head coach.

“We both run similar offenses,” Stowe said. “So, their defense is used to going against an offense like ours.

“Defensively, they have good size and speed everywhere. They’re very sound. You can’t look at them and say they’ve got any weaknesses right there. They’re very sound in what they do.”

Offensively, Stowe said the line has got to set the tone for the team.

“Our backs have got to run the ball and protect the ball,” Stowe pointed out. “Our receivers and quarterback have got to throw and catch the ball and protect the ball.

“Everybody has got to do their part. We’ve got to play team football. And, that’s the other thing going into this ballgame. All three phases of the game have got to play well. We’ve got to work together and play complete football – four quarters of it.”

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Friday night in Covington.

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