WEST ALEXANDRIA – It’s early in the summer, but the Covington Buccaneers are already putting in work as the team competed in five passing scrimmages at Twin Valley South on Tuesday to see how much improvement has been made since last season.
Yes, there is improvement from a year ago, but there are also several areas where the Buccaneers need to advance to another level. The advancements will happen as long as the players continue to follow the development philosophies implemented by the outstanding coaching staff.
In the opening passing scrimmage against Valley View, sophomore quarterback Rider Robbins threw seven straight completions that ended in a touchdown pass to Day’Lynn Garrett. Rider tossed several touchdown passes throughout the five passing scrimmages, which showed great progression due to the amount of hard work he put in throughout the off-season. Yes, he did make a few mistakes, but he was able to put mistakes behind him by focusing on executing on the next play.
The Buccaneers also had passing scrimmages against Tri-Village, Twin Valley South, Thurgood Marshall and Belmont and the highlights were the four interceptions picked against Thurgood Marshall and the great receptions hauled in by Day’Lynn Garrett against every team. It was apparent how much work Day’Lynn put in over the past year as he rarely dropped a ball that was thrown to him within his arm distance.
Other big catches were hauled in by Parker Hoying, Filip McMaken, Jordan Miller and James Kuether. Each scored at least one touchdown.
Defensively, the players who stood out the most were Trenton Havenar, Sam Helman, Diego Lopez, Jordan Miller, Day’Lynn Garrett and James Kuether. Caiden Walters also gave great effort during his opportunities on the field.
Next up for the Buccaneers to take the next step in improvement is a great opportunity in passing scrimmages at Ohio State University tomorrow (Wednesday). The Buccs will face teams as high as Division I, which will put them in position to maximize their potential regarding effort and mental toughness.
