There is a saying that goes: Practice makes perfect. 

That is what each local football team has been hard at work doing this offseason. Alcovy, Eastside, Newton and Social Circle have all been going full throttle participating in spring practices, padded camps and summer workouts ahead of the 2022 season. 

New players, coaches and regions will be a common theme for all schools as they prepare for the different challenges the season will bring. 

Our team here at The Covington News has been busy this summer, too visiting practices, workouts and camps to learn each team in and out. 

Correspondents Garrett Pitts, Mason Wittner and Trevyn Gray as well as myself have been compiling interviews, taking photos and creating content to help produce our 2022 Football Preview Magazine. It is the fans’ guide to learning all about their favorite football team. 

This guide should come in handy as you keep track of all the new names and faces adorning each school’s roster and coaching staff. Whether it’s Kenai Grier becoming the new leader in Eastside’s running back group or DeMascio Bolden stepping in to lead Social Circle’s linebacking corps, new superstars have the potential to emerge and explode onto the local football scene. 

Of course, we’ve also included content featuring our two private schools, Piedmont and Peachtree Academy.

Our college football section features, for the first time ever, a story on the defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs. Included in our college football section, too, is a feature story on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets as they look to right the ship in 2022. 

Also, there is a special story discussing and highlighting the Newton Cup rivalry. Our team decided to throw this into our product as a way to include some history in this year’s magazine. 

Last year was the 200th birthday of Newton County, and this year is the 200th birthday of the city of Covington itself. With Newton, Eastside and Alcovy battling for the Newton Cup and for inter-county bragging rights since 2006 — and Newton and Eastside’s rivalry stretches back to 2002 — we deemed it necessary to dedicate an article to these historic rivalries. 

Our 2022 Football Preview Magazine is jam-packed with amazing stories, photos and information that fans and local community members need to see before the 2022 football season kicks off. 

Personally, helping compile this content and reading our correspondents’ work taught me a lot. It is sure to be another amazing football season here in Newton County. 

I cannot wait to hit the ground running later this week as we start watching the action unfold. 

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