FORT LORAMIE – The Covington Buccaneers competed well in full contact scrimmages at Fort Loramie against the host Redskins, Tri-Village and Waynesfield Goshen.
Each team scrimmaged each other starting at the 40 with ten offensive plays and then ten defensive plays. Then the teams scrimmaged each other starting at the 20 yard line with eight offensive and defensive plays.
Covington started off against Waynesfield Goshen and both teams scored one touchdown on the ten offensive plays. The Buccaneers scored on a touchdown run by quarterback Landin Cassel.
In ten play sequences against Tri-Village, neither team was able to score. Still, both teams showed solid effort and execution on both sides of the ball.
Then, against Fort Loramie, both teams score once in the ten offensive play opportunities. Covington’s touchdown came on a 40-yard touchdown pass from Landin Cassel to Day’Lynn Garrett and the Buccaneers also had another scoring opportunity inside the five, but came up short.
In the eight offensive and defensive plays for each team starting at the 20, Covington outscored Waynesfield Goshen 3 to 0. The touchdowns for the Buccaneers came on a 20-yard run by Landin Cassel, a 20-yard touchdown reception by Day’Lynn Garrett and a 6-yard run by Landin Cassel.
Against Tri-Village, both teams scored twice starting at the 20. Covington’s touchdowns were scored on a 9-yard run by Landin Cassel and a 14-yard run by Jordan Miller.
The Buccaneers faced Fort Loramie again in the 8 play sequence for both teams and the Buccaneers scored one and the Redskins scored twice. The touchdown by Covington was on an 11-yard run by Jordan Miller.
The scrimmages were closed out by junior varsity as the Buccaneers faced Waynesfield Goshen, Tri-Village and Fort Loramie. The young Buccaneer players played well, which was highlighted by an impressive touchdown run by Tyler Palsgrove.
Overall, the number of scores in the scrimmages wasn’t the full focus of the Buccaneer coaching staff as so many players were rotated in and out throughout the entire day. The biggest impact on the field was the amount of effort and intensity the Buccaneers gave from start to finish.
Yes, there are still areas of improvement the Buccaneers need to increase, but things are heading in the right direction due to the way the entire team played on Saturday.
