A mistake riddled second half nearly turned victory into defeat for the Covington Buccaneers, but coach Larrie Tisdale's crew, behind a two-touchdown production by junior scatback, Denny Cain, hung on to record their second straight Mad River Valley League win over Northwestern, 18-6.

Coach Larrie Tisdale's Buccs, behind the hard-nosed running of junior halfback Denny Cain, the quarterbacking of Rex Huffman and a couple of good breaks, de-feathered the Falcons, 30-19 Friday night in the Mad River Valley League opener for both squads.

Everything in the book, from injuries to high blood pressure to the flu to one Denny Cain, has hit Bradford this past week, but chances are the Pennsylvania Railroad boys will tell you that nothing hit them harder then Cain did Friday night.

It was a long Friday night for the Covington Buccaneers in their opening encounter with Tipp City and Bucc coach Larrie Tisdale is probably still awake, wondering what hit his Buccs. Tipp City handed Covington a 48-22 drubbing, a beating Covington teams have not taken in quite a spell.

Thanks to a stingy defense, the Covington Buccaneers pulled out a 6-0 win over a dangerous Greenville team to complete the 1968 season with a perfect 10-0 record.

Covington clinched the MRVL championship with a 48-18 win over Graham and is one game away from recording the third perfect season in school history.

Covington dominated Northeastern on Friday en route to a 42-0 win - and in the process took one more step toward capturing an outright MRVL title.

Larrie Tisdale's Buccaneer football team put together a methodical beat down of Miami East to remain unbeaten on the 1968 campaign.

Trailing 12-8 late in the game, Brad Barker connected with Herb Stevenson on an 80-yard scoring strike to give Covington a thrilling 14-12 win over Tecumseh in what was one of the most exciting finishes in program history.

The Covington Buccaneers took care of business against previously unbeaten Springfield Shawnee to remain atop the MRVL standings.