After a tough district loss the week before, Covington coach Greg Salter pulled his team together at the beginning of the week to try to rally back against a tough district rival in Slidell.

He told them that while they may feel like a 1-5 team that they’re record was still 4-2 with plenty of upside to turn the season around. Better execution and a positive attitude and the Lions would be right back into contention.

But more than anything, he had one overall message — just play football.

Covington listened and dominated all three phases of the game to walk away from Homecoming night with 28-7 nondistric win over Slidell at Jack Salter Stadium on Oct. 17.

“We’re a great team,” Covington quarterback Matthew Fussell said. “We knew we needed to win this one, and we did our job. We had a gr

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