COVINGTON – The Covington Buccaneers advanced to the regional quarterfinal game and will travel to Harry Yeaggy Family Stadium to face Deer Park on Friday, November 6th.
TICKET PRICES:
Adults: $12
Students: $5
DIRECTIONS TO THE GAME:
DATE: Friday, November 6, 2026 with the game starting at 7:00pm
LOCATION: Harry Yeaggy Family Stadium
8351 Plainfield Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45236
MILES: 75.8
TIME: 1 hour, 21 minutes
PREVIEW:
The Covington Buccaneers closed out the regular season with a 7-3 record, which clinched a state playoff spot with the 10th seed in the Division VI, Region 24 with a 14.2106 average. Covington (8-3) then won the first round state playoff game with a 35-20 victory over seventh seed Huntington Huntsmen (7-4). The Buccaneers finished 6-1 in the Three Rivers Conference, which shared the league title with Miami East and Riverside, two more state playoff teams. The wins for Covington throughout the regular season were 31-7 over Arcanum, 14-13 over Miami East, 49-7 over Troy Christian, 34-6 over Bethel, 33-13 over Northridge, 47-6 over Milton-Union and 49-12 over Lehman Catholic. Covington’s losses came against New Bremen 40-7, Graham 27-0 and Riverside 27-17, all state playoff teams. The opponents Covington competed against that reached the state playoffs are Arcanum (6-4), New Bremen (5-5), Graham (9-1), Miami East (9-1) and Riverside (8-2) and all five are still in the regional quarterfinal games.
Deer Park Wildcats are seeded second in Division VI, Region 24 and finished 9-1 throughout the regular season. The Wildcats competed against two teams who reached the state playoffs with the only loss to Indian Hill (8-3), seeded 6th in Division III, Region 12, and a victory over Wyoming (9-1), seeded first in Division IV, Region 16. The victories Deer Park had throughout the regular season were against Northwood (1-9) 43-0, Shroder (1-8) 50-8, Miami Valley Christian Academy (7-3) 48-6, Reading (3-7) 34-7, Finneytown (0-9) 54-0, Madeira (6-4) 38-14, Mariemont (5-5) 17-0, Taylor (2-8) 31-14, and Wyoming (9-1) 41-21.
LIVE BROADCAST OF COVINGTON VS DEER PARK PLAYOFF GAME
Marty Leistner and Jeremy (G Man) Yingst will be broadcasting the opening round of the state playoffs between Covington and Deer Park on Friday, November 6, 2026 at Cincinnati, Ohio. The LIVE audio broadcast will be available on YouTube beginning at 6:45pm.
Note: The audio and video of the game will be posted on YouTube Saturday morning.
